“Here is a piece that the Wall Street Journal commissioned me to write about circumcision. Sadly they eventually felt it was ‘too raw’ for their readers - a rather unfortunate phrase considering the subject matter don’t you think?!! Anyway, here it is for you to peruse. Please feel free to blast it into the blogosphere….”Ever since those dm
May The Foreskin Be With You! -Alan Cumming
Look, Alan Cumming, I love you, but NO. Female genital mutilation and male circumcision are NOT equivalent. FGM would be more like having the entire head of your penis cut off. A better metaphor would that male circumcision is a woman getting her labia minora removed (which I know doesn’t happen, but bear with me) - it’s sexually sensitive tissue that she would not longer have, yes, but she’s not lost anything completely vital to her functioning or pleasure.
I just…I don’t see the tragedy about foreskins.
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Look, Alan Cumming, I love you, but NO. Female genital mutilation and male circumcision are NOT equivalent. FGM would be...
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As if I needed any more reasons...be madly in love with Alan Cumming.
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