Every day I feel like I am the only sane person in a sea of insanity. My mental health has deteriorated to the point that I don't believe it can ever recover. Circumcision truly broke me. It crippled my development in multiple areas with the most notable being social and psychological. I'm so broken and tired of being belittled by the world. Why has the world turned its back on me? What did I do to deserve this fate?

I just want a normal functioning body with all parts intact. The worst part? I had exactly that before it was violently taken from me. I can't stop silently suffering no matter how hard I exercise or abstain or try to live life healthier. These thoughts always rush back to me and I remember what was taken from me.

Usually, we are not supposed to argue with AI, because they hold the same facts from the internet, and barely change themselves, but I think this conversation did put up some thought provoking things which I would like to share:

1) Some Fake Facts - Some things that I found very much alarming that the prevalence of fake facts and trying to debunk the real facts is such a normal thing for the AI about Circumcision, the AI at first says "There is no difference in sexual pleasure" , but then I debunk it, and it says "Some people experience difference in sexual pleasure". Most cultures around the world do MGM before the child's first org@sm ( after puberty ) , they never feel what real pleasure is, those who are cut after their first org@sm usually do say they feel reduced pleasure, and many do feel more pleasure by restoring foreskin someday. Now Placebo can work up, but once again, assuming there is no reduction in pleasure ( atleast in the first moment of the chat ) is a wrong idea.
2) The FGM Comparison trigger : Supposedly the AI was openly telling the benefits of MGM and then it should be done on males to prevent those diseases , I then asked AI that 'What if for disease prevention or for health benefits on females, we remove those specific parts from female genitals which can harbour them, it would be good overall isn't it ?" , once again, I'm not supporting FGM, but if some Female Circumcision ( or a certain form of it ) had health benefits, will it be practiced? To this the AI obviously said " It will be FGM which is illegal in most parts of the world " , we all know Male Genitals and Female Genitals evolve from the same "base" form ( dont know the actual terms ) and hence they are very similar. The clitoral hood's inner skin is similar to foreskin's inner skin and has very high amount of cells which promote immunological growth and also catches diseases ( such as UTIs ) as they are resource rich and moist, and also the initial part of the vaginal tissue also is prone to STDs, so logically removing them is a health benefit, it prevents logically headaches of these infections such as UTIs which are much more prone in women. But even for health benefits, the world has a different views, they view this practice as cruel as its done without consent to women, and hence feminists movements strongly demand against it , and since feminism is well heard, the practice of these type of FGMs are under heavy scrutiny, and I honestly praise this move, cause gives us an idea/a plan, MGM is an issue for male rights, where a male child doesn't have bodily autonomy to permanent changes of its body because we label them legal due to those some "health benefits" (which are actually not true in some senses tho obv), but the pressure should be the PAIN, the DISCOMFORT, the COMPLICATIONS, the CONTROL over ONE'S BODY PART BEING TAKEN AWAY, CURBING MALE SEXUALITY and all these things even with the Anesthesia or so called 'MEDICAL PROCEDURES & GUIDELINES" don't make this procedure any good, it still remains a barbaric and painful way to torture childrens. One wise person once told me that Anything made by nature is normally in its best condition ( in your body ), any external hindrance can never make it better than its original state if not destroy it in most cases. Circumcision should not be a routine thing, it openly destroys a normal natural and healthy penis into a worsened one, with the risks and complications, even if there are benefits, we are not interested in it, let the child make a decision instead, and no child would prefer cutting it naturally unless they are brainwashed by society. Human evolution is there for a reason. And these points are very strong, they fall under Human Rights especially, and the right to Bodily Autonomy, the rest of the world lives care-free with an intact one, not regularly suffering with UTIs or HIVs or Penile Cancer which the Anti-Intactivists assume, the Benefits are just a cover, real reason is that they are stubborn and don't wanna change unless a large revolution, similar to anti-FGM one takes place.
Although this was at first an assumption, that what if the scenario is similar except a girl child is here instead of a boy, and the AI's reaction was a proof that system is definitely going wrong, although some sources ( not credible enough tho ) say that the Clitoral Hood can harbour infections and stuff. Source - www.reddit.com/r/Intactivisits/comments/1rqarxh/comment/o9qyqjd/ ( not a reliable source tho ) , but I think more reliable sources might be there on the internet, gotta find it ig.
3) The Analytical Breach : When I told the AI that there are studies that show no increase or decrease in HIV and STDs, infact Frisch et al. (2022) found higher STD rates for cut men, the AI said "Its because they assume that the circumcision provides protection and that's why they try to engage in more sexual activity and cause more STDs" , but isn't the purpose of the study ( i.e. trying to prove that HIV decreases on cutting ) not usually told to the people? even if its told, but it is in those cases where any such study has not been prominently done previously, in cases of circumcision, the studies have been done for a century rn, you usually don't tell the fact that " HIVs are reduced by cutting " or else it can become biased, people may do more actually, still, even if we dodge this point, another thing, that the WHO VMMC ( Voluntary Male Circumcision Program ) in Africa use the study of Africans where a reduction of 50-60% HIV, HPV and Syphillis was seen, but this is the analytical breach, it was a RELATIVE REDUCTION, that means, the difference of 50-60% can be small, like 10 men from cut and 25 men from uncut from a pool of 300 or 500 or 700 men potentially, or even more, the real datas are not shown tho ig. Plus there are factors such as reduced sensations and smoothness of glans which demotivates people to have sex also. So the thing is that they are using a form of data that is in itself is insufficient or showing it in a biased way, while calling other datas wrong. In other words, the AI is biased towards cutting favour, and yet, it doesn't justify or pass the point number 2, plus STDs can only take place if you can become hard and be able to do sex, which is not possible until you hit puberty.
In my opinion, If you want your penis cut as an adult, you can go ahead if you want, but imposing something on another person, who cannot speak, or who is not well informed, plus its a procedure painful and violent enough that its female counterpart was stopped even if some support for so called benefits seem to arise, people have already chosen their bodily autonomy over these so called benefits once. Intactivists will win, because naturally, any child/person who is not brainwashed by society, internet or bullies will choose not to cut their jewels, as they are their own and are very precious to them, and they do not want as well as justify any form of removal, especially these organs are used to born a new child into the world.
You can also think this way that an intact infant is taken to a country where Circumcision is very rare, he will grow up realizing he never needed a cut, and he will actually end up thinking a barbaric practice. Plus it also takes money
And overall due to this realization the world is transitioning to less being cut, which is a good sign. Many circumcising countries are now uncut, for some there are people such as Dr. Douglas who wrote a book against it and trying to stop it in UK. And countries like Australia and New Zealand, it naturally stopped after generations. Countries like America and South Korea where religiously/culturally/historically no cutting was done. Circumcision will also drop below 10%, slowly but someday for sure. Anything you wanna point out my fellow Intactivist friends ?

The default model for how victims of MGM find justice is generally through restoration. I hate that this is our default. Firstly, restoring is incredibly delusional. The phrasing itself is just plain wrong? What is being "restored" exactly? What was taken from us can never be restored. A better word choice would be "replicating."

I find the fact that a large chunk of the men in this movement against MGM strapping things to and tugging their dick all day for a decade to be immensely humiliating. I've never restored, never considered it as an option, and will never do it. I'm not "stuck in my ways". I'm simply not delusional.

I hate that when you vent to people on the Internet about struggling with MGM, there is always a shithead in the comments that asks "Well, have you started restoring?" like its up to ME to manifest my own justice. Justice to me looks like a large lump sum of money in my pockets AND mutilators either in prison for life or executed. There is no in between for me.

Our default model needs desperate change because we cannot place the burden of "restoring" on victims. It is the government/state that needs to give us our justice, not ourselves. It's fucking ridiculous how this movement operates.

I also have a general distaste towards those that have chosen the route of "restoration." I understand that anyone doing it is only trying to live a happier life, but the energy could be better used somewhere else. I hate to sound like a crab in a bucket but I find those individuals to only be emasculating themselves further every time they put on a tugger. And of course as mentioned earlier, anyone doing "restoration" is suffering from delusion. You CANNOT get back what was taken. Full stop. It cannot be done. Those nerves are gone forever. Yeah, I know it sucks to hear but that's the truth.

First post on the forum. Like most, I was mutilated at birth. I discovered what happened to me when I was a pre-teen and it destroyed my entire world. From the jump, I was able to realize that such a procedure is incredibly awful and something we should not be doing to people. When I realized sensitivity was taken from me, those feelings intensified. I don't have much to say. Fuck male genital mutilation and fuck everyone who even remotely supports it.

Redundant prepuce. Redundant prepuce is defined as having an excessive amount of prepuce, however there is no clear clinical definition of what constitutes an excessive amount of prepuce. It simply seems to be someone's opinion.  Most of the medical literature regarding "redundant prepuce" appears in Chinese medical journals. 
One should note the prepuce has numerous protective, immunological, sexual, and sensory functions that work best when the penis is fully covered by the foreskin.
The longer prepuce has been favored by many men since ancient times for improved function and aesthetic appearance.
The diagnosis of "redundant prepuce" appears to be a creation of greedy medical doctors who wish purloin another prepuce to promote the practice of circumcision for financial gain. 
Men who are fortunate to have a foreskinned penis should be very cautious of doctors who diagnose "redundant prepuce", since the treatment is amputation of the prepuce by circumcision.

 Missing the Ridged Band

The ridged band is a loss that circumcised men tend to overlook. Circumcised men do not have a ridged band.

The ridged band was discovered by the late Dr. John R. Taylor of Winnipeg, Canada. It was reported in the medical literature in 1996.

The ridged band is heavily supplied with Meissner's corpuscles, an erogenous nerve ending. The Meissner's corpuscles are situated high in the ridges for maximum sensation. The Meissner's corpuscles are stimulated by movement and transmit very pleasant erogenous sensations.

The ridged band is located just inside the tip of the foreskin, so it is amputated by every circumcision surgery and causes severe loss of sensation.

Professor Peter W. Adler has written two law review articles that concern circumcision of male children.

• Adler PW. Is it lawful to use Medicaid to pay for circumcision. J Law Med 2011;19:335-53.
  
• Adler PW. Is circumcision legal? Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest. March 2024; XVI:iii(3):439-86.
  

I think Professor Adler is one of the best lawyers in the United States, however these issues have not yet been litigated in court.

“ this culture has different practices and I find it icky despite them not affecting me in the slightest”

what the fuck do you mean does not affect me in the slightest I was mutilated because of this culture it’s like they just blatantly ignore how this shit affects others. I hate it so much like they don’t wanna take accountability for making this normal To the point where it affects othersOutside of their culture

You may feel that your personal efforts are unsuccessful, but collected statistics show that the intactivist message is getting heard.

The percentage of newborn boys being circumcised has declined slowly, but cumulatively, year after year. 

Statistics show that a small majority of boys left the birth facility intact in 2022. If the long term decline has continued, then the incidence of circumcision in 2026 would be only about 48%, leaving 52% intact.

Adamant father syndrome is the term applied to a psychological occurrence that sometimes happens when a circumcised man becomes a father of a son. 

The circumcised father may adamantly insist that his son be circumcised even though harmful circumcision of boys is no longer a medically recommended amputation. 

One may read more about it on the Internet.