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  • FGM on a vagina is unquestionably abhorrent. There’s literally no reason to do it under any circumstances and it causes serious harm even if done “correctly”.

    As someone who’s only benefited from it being done on my penis, I can safely say that it shouldn’t be done on the vast majority of penises either, but I can’t in good conscience advocate against it for other Jews, nor for it, since I see the upsides and downsides of it. That’s been my point the whole time.

    The fact that the person might grow up to present as trans tips the scale to increasing the number of people who shouldn’t get it, especially Jews, but it’s so much worse when people need it later in life for both medical and religious reasons that I can’t justify saying that it shouldn’t be done on any babies for whom it’s not immediately medically necessary at birth. However, I also won’t disagree with your opinion on the matter since you were harmed by it more than you were hurt and your perspective is valuable.

    All of this to say that it’s dangerous to prescribe what’s best for others without the full context of the individual need of both the person in question and their family, community, and culture. Just because it’s not what I’d do for my kids if I had them doesn’t mean I can disparage the people who do. And I struggled with the decision not to do it if I had kids because even though I want them to have the same appreciation for and control to their Jewish culture and heritage as I do, it’s more important to me that they’re not at risk for health problems and can maximize their sexual health. I just have to teach them how to clean their foreskin even though I don’t have any.






  • This is a completely normal thing. Sex with a partner is vastly different from sex with a toy. The toy is designed for fast, intense gratification, while when you’re with a person, you should be focusing not just on the physical sensations but on the connection your and your partner’s bodies and minds have with each other during the act. It also seems like you’re really accustomed to controlling your own pace instead of having someone else do it, which is often the case when you’ve spent a long time masturbating and tailoring your own masturbation experience over time; your experience with sex with a person for the first time will be largely shaped by your history of solitary sexual experience up to that point, so lots of jerking it exactly the way you want it while focusing on getting the most intense orgasm possible each time will shape your expectations for sex towards that goal, so it can feel disappointing when it’s not like that.