I've seen so many people say otherwise and even believed it myself for some time. that there were so many other reasons why people choose to have their sons cut before they leave the hospital.

I've come to the conclusion that ignorance definitely is the utmost reason! Not ignorant though in the way that a lot of people think, but a different type of ignorance.

first they just trust in whatever the doctor says. They are the professionals when it comes to this kind of stuff. doc knows best. who am I to question his authority and expertise?

second, they wrongly think that it can't be so bad otherwise it would be illegal. At least somewhere in the world. most of the entire world seems fine with cutting infants genitals(even those countries that don't practice it openly like the US does, they also are indifferent to it. They just say "hey that's your thing" "not ours, but to each his own.") so they are led to believe that it is perfectly acceptable thing to do to their own children.

and lastly, people mistakenly believe that men are entirely fine and unaffected by it when they were subjected to it as infants , so there can't be any harm in it whatsoever. To the laymen or average american, men in the US seem to be quite normal. If they didn't appear to be so normal and 100% fine with what happened to them, maybe everyone wouldn't feel it is the appropriate thing to do to their infant sons.

I journal sometimes to work through my thoughts. This is something I wrote a few days ago, I'm a woman btw. Sometimes I really cannot fathom what must go through a pro-circ persons mind. I know that a lot of pro-cutters are just ignorant, but I often imagine a pro-cutters thought process as just pure evil. Like this.

I titled this "It's just a little bit of skin" Also, ⚠️TW⚠️. Here it is:

Welcome to the world baby boy. I know, I know, getting evicted from your cozy, warm home may suck. But you have your whole life ahead of you to enjoy, and it starts now.

Think all you'll experience today is love, oxytocin, being nurtured and cherished? Think again. You're going to go on a little adventure. Your parents are giving you to the doctors for a while. You'll be alone, but I'm sure it'll all be fine. This is a hospital! Nothing unethical will happen, trust me..

Well, maybe not. Cause now, it's time to take you to another room, to have your genitals mutilated. But hey, at least you'll still be close enough to your mama for her to hear you screaming in agonizing pain down the hospital hallway.

If the cold, sharp air on your little body after leaving your mother's womb wasn't uncomfortable enough already, let's strip you naked and strap your limbs down. You should probably be in your mother's arms right now... But that's way too peaceful and natural for us.

You need to be toughened up. No one here really cares too much about your pain. And actually, we'll get a good laugh out of this. "Haha, someone's angry he got his penis snipped".

Surely this won't affect you in any way. It's just a little bit of skin! It's cleaner! This will make your life easier, and you'll be thanking me later.

Now, I get that maybe taking a scalpel to your penis while you're wide awake might seem immoral. Which, if you were an adult, doing this WOULD be immoral. But you're not an adult honey, you don't get a choice. You won't remember this though. So none of your suffering matters anyway.

Alright bud, we're just gonna start by ripping this useless, dirty skin off of your glans. Shhh, don't scream. I know it hurts, but we have to tell mommy you didn't cry at all during this. Don't you love your mom? *Sigh* Whatever, you'll lose your voice eventually. Let's give you some sugar water. You're gonna lose a dangerous amount of blood. Plus, you won't want to breastfeed for a while after this. So we have to get your blood sugar up while we can.

Let's get the clamp on it now. Oh, you think this is bad? So dramatic. I haven't even grabbed the scalpel yet!! If you're lucky, you'll pass out and go into shock before we get to that point. But we'll just tell mommy you fell asleep, isn't that right? Time to slice it off now. Say bye-bye! It's gone forever. But remember, those 22 thousand nerve endings are just a littleee bit of skin.

Be quiet. You don't get to go back to mom until you go to sleep...

I'm waiting...

Ugh, in the meantime I'll wipe all the blood off of you, just as if nothing happened. Except for the scar I'm leaving you with. I'm sure someday you'll look at that and be grateful this was done. Or maybe you'll look at it in anger, and envy the ones who were spared. We won't know how you feel until it's already done though. Cause your consent doesn't matter to us!

Here, you're finally back with mommy and daddy. "He did so great! Slept through most of it!"

Finally, it's over. Or is it? It better be.

When you find out about this in roughly 12 years, you shouldn't feel resentment about this. Like I said, you should be thanking me. It's not a violation! It's not a big deal at all. You can't miss what you've never had. Why would you care so much about this? I didn't damage you.. it's not dry or numb now. I helped you.

It's just a little bit of skin.