DrewDad wrote:Chai wrote:God....That would remind me of female circumsion. You know, mutilating a woman's genitals?
OK, this just seems over the top to me....
A woman, deciding of her own volition, to have an ornament placed on her genitals, in the hopes of hightened sexual pleasure, reminds you of a woman forced, against her will, to have the clitoris removed, in order to control her sexual activity and sexual pleasure?
Seriously?
Well, I said it "reminds" me of FC
that was, and is, my visceral reaction.
Actually, because of the culture the women who are circumcised live in, many are accepting of this practice. Sure, we hear about the women who escape to another country with their daughters so they won't have to go through that, and of the medical consequences of having this done
.but
..similar to the now thankfully prohibited practice of foot binding in China, it is accepted by many to be a part of growing up. Women who aren't circumcised are taunted by the other women, men do not want to marry them, and they are looked upon as the "other". I'm not saying they walk in all excited about it, and yes, it happens to little girls who aren't even told what's going to happen, but
.their society put pressure on them to not only have it done, but expected in others.
One thing that also struck me personally as a similarity was this discussion of loss of sensation. As can be imagined, a woman who has had her genital excised feels nothing down there. I'm not sure if this whole thing was a way to keep women from straying from their husbands, just a thought.
So, if this piercing does lead to loss of feeling, that put me to mind of the FC too.
Anyway DD, like I said, that's just my gut says when I think of/see that.
After this thread started, I went around and looked on google at some pictures, and how it's done, and other info, and it did nothing to change my mind. In fact, and again this is just me
.I think it looked very barbaric, both for men and women. It's like, haven't we come far enough as a human race that we don't want to stick pieces on metal in our genitals?
Oh, another thing honey said
something about "self cleaning"
I did not know a womans genital area was self cleaning. I think I need to have mine taken into the shop to be serviced, ?'cause something definitely wrong. I think I'm gonna go with the lemon fresh.