That spaghetti, by the way, is gluten-free. We have to pay a lot more for much of the food we eat in this family because he and is mom both have gluten allergies.
I still feel like a total heal for a time when I had him eat some BBQ chicken at Pizza Hut because the BBQ sauce had gluten in it!
In the genital autonomy movement, we often get the "he won't remember it" retort. We figured out that he was allergic when he was very young. THUS, he doesn't even remember enjoying foods with gluten in them.
His brother, on the other hand, fully enjoys gluten-containing foods. I still feel really bad for Brycen when we are out and about and certain restaurants just do not have many options for him. He usually cannot have a Subway sandwich (sometimes they have GF bread, but most times not); he cannot have ice cream cones; he usually cannot have any of the desserts at sit-down restaurants; he cannot have most BBQ (YES, that contains gluten!). But he is SOOO not phased! Maybe it is his good nature, or, maybe it is just because he doesn't remember being any other way. Even then, if someone ignorantly took away his ability to eat the foods that so many of the rest of us can enjoy, I don't know if I could restrain myself. If you are a parent yourself, you can probably relate. I would do anything to protect my children. Actually, I think I would do anything to protect ANY child.
If you haven't already figured out where this is going, YES, I AM comparing this to genital autonomy. Like he will never likely know what it is like to enjoy gluten-containing foods (without dealing with the consequences), I will never likely know what it is like to have the genitalia I was born with.
I don't know how regret parents don't go postal with the hospitals and clinics that did not provide reasonable information. At the very least, file a formal complaint. If there was a storefront for a place that did such a thing to my child, I would be protesting in front of that storefront every chance I had until they stopped doing it to other children.
Everyone should be able to enjoy their WHOLE body the way that nature intended.
"Circumcision" is most often performed using Gomco Clamps, Mogen Clamps and Plastibell devices.
