At birth, I was circumcised. Well, so have millions of males around the world. This is not a complaint or way to blame anyone.
Just as females need not ever be circumcised, neither should males. It came to me years ago that for a little child, a baby, a newborn person, to be greeted into this "other" world with someone cutting on their bodies with a knife...just didn't make sense.
Again, I blame no one. For some, it has been a long-held belief that cutting on a newborn little person is the right thing to do. Yet, I wonder how this brutal act effects the behavior of males as they grow into bigger bodies, often carrying an unnoticed trauma in their bodies.
No matter the reason, or explanation for, what I would call brutal act, I wonder if any human, woman or man, simply takes an inhale breath, and holds it unknowingly for years or forever. How does this traumatic event, this inhale, surface in relationships, ways of being, or even feeling deeply.
I have seen young ones at birth, slipping out of their mothers, being greeted with smiles, warm touch and an environment of welcome. No one cut on them, only held them close. Seems so simple to me. To feel deeply and exhale freely is such a gift to women and men.
Just as females need not ever be circumcised, neither should males. It came to me years ago that for a little child, a baby, a newborn person, to be greeted into this "other" world with someone cutting on their bodies with a knife...just didn't make sense.
Again, I blame no one. For some, it has been a long-held belief that cutting on a newborn little person is the right thing to do. Yet, I wonder how this brutal act effects the behavior of males as they grow into bigger bodies, often carrying an unnoticed trauma in their bodies.
No matter the reason, or explanation for, what I would call brutal act, I wonder if any human, woman or man, simply takes an inhale breath, and holds it unknowingly for years or forever. How does this traumatic event, this inhale, surface in relationships, ways of being, or even feeling deeply.
I have seen young ones at birth, slipping out of their mothers, being greeted with smiles, warm touch and an environment of welcome. No one cut on them, only held them close. Seems so simple to me. To feel deeply and exhale freely is such a gift to women and men.
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