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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.
One of the things that I did notice was that [[Comparison MGM and FGM|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.
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 [[Intactivists|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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|Source=[[WWDOGA]] 2020