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It hurts just to look at. If I were to critique, somewhere on those arms there should also be an American flag. Circumcision is also standard practice there regardless of religion. Many hospitals (though not all) don’t even ask, they just whisk the boy child away and perform the procedure, unless you’ve expressively requested them NOT to do it.
I’m glad that you “get” this photo. The reason that I did it was to protest the crap that the WHO (World Health Organization) was pushing a few years ago: circumcising African men due to HIV. Their ideology was that if the men in Africa were circumcised, it would cut down on the spread of HIV- somehow they thought that the virus lived under the foreskin??? We know that circumcising males comes from mainly one of two places #1- Religion: somehow, Judaism and Islam believe that God will love you more or differently than a man with an intact dick? I don’t get it. #2- Cultural Influences: people honestly believe that a cut cock is cleaner than an uncut one. As you referenced above Ben, men are whisked away, without consent to do this barbaric procedure. I wasn’t consulted when part of my penis was cut off just after I was born. I think it needs to be illegal to do the procedure until a male is 18 years old and can make HIS OWN choice regarding his sexual organ. I hear women scream in the streets and at abortion demonstrations “My body, my choice”. What about us men- where is “My body, my choice” when a third of our dicks are being cut off by a doctor without our consent? Thank you for the commentary on my work- at least I know that SOMEONE understands where I’m coming from- Best Regards- Matt Sarratt
It hurts just to look at. If I were to critique, somewhere on those arms there should also be an American flag. Circumcision is also standard practice there regardless of religion. Many hospitals (though not all) don’t even ask, they just whisk the boy child away and perform the procedure, unless you’ve expressively requested them NOT to do it.
I’m glad that you “get” this photo. The reason that I did it was to protest the crap that the WHO (World Health Organization) was pushing a few years ago: circumcising African men due to HIV. Their ideology was that if the men in Africa were circumcised, it would cut down on the spread of HIV- somehow they thought that the virus lived under the foreskin??? We know that circumcising males comes from mainly one of two places #1- Religion: somehow, Judaism and Islam believe that God will love you more or differently than a man with an intact dick? I don’t get it. #2- Cultural Influences: people honestly believe that a cut cock is cleaner than an uncut one. As you referenced above Ben, men are whisked away, without consent to do this barbaric procedure. I wasn’t consulted when part of my penis was cut off just after I was born. I think it needs to be illegal to do the procedure until a male is 18 years old and can make HIS OWN choice regarding his sexual organ. I hear women scream in the streets and at abortion demonstrations “My body, my choice”. What about us men- where is “My body, my choice” when a third of our dicks are being cut off by a doctor without our consent? Thank you for the commentary on my work- at least I know that SOMEONE understands where I’m coming from- Best Regards- Matt Sarratt