I need perisex people to know that for intersex people CAFAB the entire external genital tubercle structure (clitoris/penis/clitorophallus) is often removed, or very little of it is left in the "clitoral reduction" variant of IGM.
Intersex people CAFAB and imposed female sometimes experience forced vaginal dilations in a doctor's office throughout childhood, in order to make the vagina large enough for 'use' by a future husband. This is painful and done regardless of whether or not the child protests. I've heard the response from the doctors and nurses compared to the way they respond to a child being scared of a necessary shot.
I also need people to know that of most surgical reassignment cases of intersex people, most of the time they are made "female" simply because it's easier for the surgeon to remove parts than it is to construct new ones. These surgeries are first and foremost cosmetic, do not forget that.
I may not be CAFAB but I give a shit about other people. I give a shit about medical rape even though I haven't been subjected to it. I give a shit about the life-long pain and sexual dysfunction these people face. I want you to give a shit about it too. Give a shit about intersex people even if you do not personally relate to us.
"Give a shit about intersex people even if you do not personally relate to us."
Had to highlight this, lots of people forget that you can give a shit about other people even if you do not relate personally. I am perisex, I have not experienced anything of this sort and I can confidently say that nobody should go through this.
You can defend other people's autonomy, their rights and the protection of their existance, without personal experience with the topic.
You do not need personal experience, hell, you don't need to even have much empathy at all to say "If that were me I would be suffering, it's cruel to subject a human being to tourture and mutilation, therefore it needs to stop."
This!!! As someone who has been altered at birth, this! It would be nice to meet others who “get it” but you don’t have to have gone through it in order to give a shyt about others who did.
