rape (n)
1: an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force
2: unlawful sexual activity ... carried out forcibly ... against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent
Let's break it down, shall we?
"An act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force." Well, they didn't get strapped to that circumstraint by hopping up on the board themselves. And they certainly didn't consent. Furthermore, cutting away 50,000-70,000 nerve endings so as to ensure the babe never has a full sexual experience as nature intended is forcibly robbing him of his sexuality with life-long physical ramifications to both he and his future partners. Yup. Rape.
"Unlawful sexual activity..." Rubbing the penis repeatedly so as to cause an erection in a newborn's penis without said newborn asking to have it done to them. Mmm hmmm. Rape.
"...carried out forcibly..." Again, he's not shouting from the rooftops, "Strap me down and slice me up!" Someone is doing it to him sans consent. Forcibly. Yeah. Rape.
"...against the will of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent." We've outlawed female genital mutilation (though only in 1997, which means I certainly could've been a victim and you could have, too). Thank goodness. But those boys are certainly not of the age of consent by any stretch of the imagination nor are they capable of giving valid, knowing consent. In fact, their screams, tears, and/or state of shock seem to demonstrate pretty clearly that they are, in fact, vehemently protesting - it's just that nobody is listening, because we consider babes to be sub-human and to be controlled. Definitely. Rape.
It blows me away how many people at once say they are against genital mutilation, but that calling it rape is a gross exaggeration and they're offended that I've done so. How much more clear do I need to make it? It's a gross something, but exaggeration it is not...
What do the same people say to female genital mutilation?
ReplyDeleteTherein lies the disconnect for far too many, Mike.
DeleteAs a child sexual assault survivor I can verify that circ is rape. I have tremendous anguish in the similarity of my rape at age 5 and the way boys are penetrated with metal tools and feel the salty burn of urine on their raw violated genitals.It is a hellish agony to experience. No one deserves it and it should be outlawed and prosecuted. My perpetrator is in prison yet the perpetrators of my brothers get paid and that is an atrocity.
ReplyDeleteMay I use this quote on the FB page?
DeleteYes,of course. I just saw it on a thread on fb. I thought it was another survivor's post. I thought "another survivor posted the same thing as me" . It is what I said. I wrote that.
Delete~Liss White
WHAT? they purposely rub to cause an erection NASTY. drs are perves! disgusting
ReplyDeleteIt is easier to get the scissors under the foreskin to cut when the penis is erect as opposed to flaccid.
DeleteThat is such a betrayal. How dare the molest then torture these precious innocent beings~Liss
DeleteWhere did you read that they stimulate a baby's penis to get an erection before circumcision?
ReplyDeleteI would like ANY link you can give me please! I've been trying to research for hours but nothing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDuDhkiDdns
DeleteCheck this video at the following times for the evidence:
Strapped down and fondling/arousing the baby penis into erection begins at 0:42
Penetration of instruments, stretching and tearing the opening of the foreskin. Baby boy screams and shrieks. 1:45
Actual ripping and separation penile adhesion's by long probe into foreskin. Baby screams in terror. 1:51
I understand that the poor innocent babies being what you called "abused and rape". My situation was under a different light. I had to receive circumcision at the age between 9 or 10. If you want to talk about the horrors of pain, that was hell itself. And being aware of the aftermath of recovery was no joke. Was it rape? I can't say because if I didn't receive that surgery my penis would engulf itself about the blockage of the foreskin that was not taught to pull back the skin by anyone because of pure ignorance. So it is sad that babies go through the however long it took for their "probing" and unwanted "stretching" of the foreskin. But my pain was unreal.
ReplyDeleteI watched a video ON YOUTUBE of a muslim circumcision of a child, maybe 8 years old. This older man was intentionally stroking the foreskin back and forth to arouse the kid as another man held him down. I have also seen the same thing happen to little babies. I just cant believe how this could be acceptable an any culture. I am having a very hard time with these intense emotions. This kind of shit fills me with rage. I feel molested. Every moment growing up with my glans unwillingly and forcefully exposed and presented to the world, just the constant mix of being innapropriately exposed sexually along with the constant stimulation of the unprotected glans by clothing and the anger and fear that was intertwined with that...it is a fucking despicable violation. Every fucking moment.
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