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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is project manager of the British organization [[15 Square]] which was named [[NORM-UK]] earlier.
 
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is project manager of the British organization [[15 Square]] which was named [[NORM-UK]] earlier.
  
 
In 2020 he spoke in a video message on [[WWDOGA]]:
 
In 2020 he spoke in a video message on [[WWDOGA]]:
  
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  |Text=Hier in Großbritannien arbeiten wir international mit allen zusammen, die sich an uns wenden, Männer oder deren Familien, die von der [[Beschneidung]] betroffen sind, sei es psychisch oder physisch. Ich engagiere mich seit 2016 für diese Organisation, nachdem ich während eines Besuchs in meiner Heimatstadt mit dem Leiter gesprochen hatte. Er erzählte mir beunruhigende Geschichten im Zusammenhang mit der Beschneidung derjenigen Männer, auf die sich die Organisation konzentrierte. Als wir uns unterhielten, wuchs mein Interesse, weil ich im Grunde schon immer das Gefühl hatte, dass die Praxis der Beschneidung etwas Seltsames ist, besonders, wenn sie aus nicht-medizinischen Gründen durchgeführt wird. Dabei wurde mir immer gesagt, dass es keine physische Auswirkung habe und es keine weiteren Konsequenzen gäbe.
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  |Text=Hi, my name's Jason and I am the project manager for the charity [[15 Square]]. We are based in the UK and we work internationally with anyone who writes into us, (men or their families), who have been affected by circumcision whether that is psyhcologically or physically.
  
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Ich konnte nicht verstehen, dass es so leichtfertig übergangen wird, wenn einem irgendeine Form von Operation - insbesondere in dieser Region - aufgezwungen wird. Doch je mehr Geschichten der betroffenen Männer und Jungen ich hörte, desto schockierender wurde es für mich.
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I got involved with this organisation in 2016 after speaking with the Chief Officer during a visit to my hometown. We got talking and he told me about some of the disturbing stories associated with circumcision that had affected some of the men that the charity focussed on.
  
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Eines der Dinge, die mir auffielen, war, [[Vergleich MGM und FGM|wie viele Parallelen]] es zu den schlimmen Auswirkungen von [[FGM]] gab, von denen ich bereits einiges wusste, da ich mich schon lange mit Menschenrechten befasse. Als ich mehr herausfand, wurde mir auch klar, wie groß auch das Stigma der Menschen war, die über diese Dinge sprachen, weil sich das Thema nun mal nicht für ein seichtes Mainstream-Gespräch eignet. Da es so wenige Menschen gibt (zumindest in meinem Hintergrund), die sich dieses Problems bewusst sind, war das etwas, das ich angehen wollte.
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As we got talking I got more and more interested because intuitively I had always assumed that there was something a bit strange about the practice of circumcision, especially when it was being done for non-medical reasons. I was always told that it has no physicial effect and that there is no consequence to it.
  
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Wie gesagt, als ich mich immer mehr engagierte, erfuhr ich von einigen der Probleme, die Männer durchmachen, aber ich habe auch das Gefühl, dass sich kulturelle Sichtweisen schon in der kurzen Zeit, in der ich involviert bin, verändern. Es gibt jetzt immer mehr internationale Organisationen, Menschen, die offen sprechen und Medien, die ihnen immer mehr zuhören. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass die Zeit für die nötigen Gespräche gekommen ist.
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Obviously, having any form of surgery, (especially within that region), being forced upon you is something that I couldn't quite understand would be so flippantly disregarded. The more I actually learnt it actually got a lot more shocking as I heard the stories from some of the men and the boys that had been affected.
  
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Ich hatte eigentlich gehofft, am [[WWDOGA|Weltweiten Tag der Genitalen Selbstbestimmung]], den ich voll und ganz unterstütze, teilnehmen zu können. Dieses Jahr wäre ich zum ersten Mal dabei gewesen, aber leider haben wir einen Lockdown. Die Tatsache, dass wir sozusagen eingesperrt sind, hilft uns meiner Meinung nach jedoch sogar. Die Menschen kontaktieren unsere Organisation im Moment häufiger, da dies gerade eine gute Gelegenheit für sie ist, über das Internet Antworten zu ihren medizinischen Problemen zu erhalten. Die Menschen stellen mehr Nachforschungen an, um möglicherweise einige ihrer Probleme zu lösen und so hoffre ich, dass dies eine Gelegenheit für sie ist, auf dieses Thema aufmerksam zu werden und möglicherweise Alternativen zur Beschneidung zu finden. Diese sollte immer ein letzter Ausweg sein, gerade wenn man so wie ich mit den Problemen und Leidensgeschichten vertraut ist.
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One of the things that I did notice was that there was so much of their plight that was parallel to FGM, which I already knew quite a bit about as I have been involved with human rights for a long time.
  
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Ich freue mich darauf, ein internationales Publikum erreichen und mit einigen anderen [[Intaktivismus-Gruppen|Organisationen]] zusammenarbeiten zu können, die darauf hinarbeiten, das Thema an die Öffentlichkeit zu bringen, denn es ist an der Zeit, ins Gespräch zu kommen.
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As I found out more I also realised that there ahs been a great strigma against people talking out about these things, because of the subject not being a mainstream palatable conversation to have.
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With there being so few people (at least in my background) who are aware of the issue, it was something that I wanted to tackle.
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As I got more and more involved as well, I learned about some of these problems that men were going through, but I feel like the cultural narrative has started to shift even in the time that I have been involved. There are now more and more international organisations, and people coming forward, and media outlets starting to listen to them bit by bit and I feel like the conversation is ready to be held.
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I was hoping to attend WWDOGA which is something that I fully support, and this year would have been my first time attending, but unfortunately we are in lockdown. Due to the fact that we are stuck in doors I think there is even more impact that our charity has seen with people getting in touch as it is an opportunity for people to try and get answers to their medical problems through the internet.
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As they do more and more research to maybe solve some of their problems, I am hoping that this will be an opportunity for them to come into contact with the subject and perhaps find alternatives to circumcision which is a last resort procedure epsecially after seeing some the stories that I have become familiar with.
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I am excited to be involved with an international audience and collaborate with some of the other charities out there who have been working to bring this to public attention, because it's about time we had this conversation.
 
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Revision as of 07:57, 29 May 2020

Jason Metters 2019

Jason Metters is project manager of the British organization 15 Square which was named NORM-UK earlier.

In 2020 he spoke in a video message on WWDOGA:

“ Hi, my name's Jason and I am the project manager for the charity 15 Square. We are based in the UK and we work internationally with anyone who writes into us, (men or their families), who have been affected by circumcision whether that is psyhcologically or physically.

I got involved with this organisation in 2016 after speaking with the Chief Officer during a visit to my hometown. We got talking and he told me about some of the disturbing stories associated with circumcision that had affected some of the men that the charity focussed on.

As we got talking I got more and more interested because intuitively I had always assumed that there was something a bit strange about the practice of circumcision, especially when it was being done for non-medical reasons. I was always told that it has no physicial effect and that there is no consequence to it.

Obviously, having any form of surgery, (especially within that region), being forced upon you is something that I couldn't quite understand would be so flippantly disregarded. The more I actually learnt it actually got a lot more shocking as I heard the stories from some of the men and the boys that had been affected.

One of the things that I did notice was that there was so much of their plight that was parallel to FGM, which I already knew quite a bit about as I have been involved with human rights for a long time.

As I found out more I also realised that there ahs been a great strigma against people talking out about these things, because of the subject not being a mainstream palatable conversation to have.

With there being so few people (at least in my background) who are aware of the issue, it was something that I wanted to tackle.

As I got more and more involved as well, I learned about some of these problems that men were going through, but I feel like the cultural narrative has started to shift even in the time that I have been involved. There are now more and more international organisations, and people coming forward, and media outlets starting to listen to them bit by bit and I feel like the conversation is ready to be held.

I was hoping to attend WWDOGA which is something that I fully support, and this year would have been my first time attending, but unfortunately we are in lockdown. Due to the fact that we are stuck in doors I think there is even more impact that our charity has seen with people getting in touch as it is an opportunity for people to try and get answers to their medical problems through the internet.

As they do more and more research to maybe solve some of their problems, I am hoping that this will be an opportunity for them to come into contact with the subject and perhaps find alternatives to circumcision which is a last resort procedure epsecially after seeing some the stories that I have become familiar with.

I am excited to be involved with an international audience and collaborate with some of the other charities out there who have been working to bring this to public attention, because it's about time we had this conversation.
– Jason Metters (WWDOGA 2020)[1]

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References

  1. ↑ REFweb WWDOGA 200 - Jason Metters, YouTube, MOGiS e.V.. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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