What about the menz?

On nearly every main tweet I have tweeted and Medium article I have written about systemic negligence in medicine where female sexual function and vulvar anatomy are concerned, men have shown up asking if I’ve considered how circumcision harms men.

When I post about how detailed anatomy of the entire clitoris is missing from medical textbooks, they ask if I’ve noticed how the foreskin is also often missing.

When I post about how Medscape has 37 times the coverage of the penis as the clitoris, they show up saying, “Anatomy isn’t covered well enough for BOTH men and women. You should advocate for us too.”

When I talk about how both the glans and some of the clitoral body are removed in female genital mutilation, they ask if I’ve considered how the foreskin is removed in circumcision.

When I talk about how women are harmed by female genital cosmetic surgery, due to a pattern of surgeons doing surgery they are not trained to do on anatomy they demonstrably do not know (based on their own publications), men show up to talk about circumcision.

They repeatedly compare circumcision to clitorectomy, where the external clitoris is removed. When I point out the latter is equivalent to removal of the external penis, they argue, saying the penis is more important.

When I explain to them that the foreskin is equivalent only to the free end of the clitoral hood, they tell me I’m a misandrist. But that’s an actual fact.

They tell me parts of the penis are more important than their female homologues because male orgasms are more important than female orgasms. “Male orgasms are more important because they are necessary for reproduction,” they tell me.

This is frustrating.