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« on: February 13, 2003, 02:40:00 AM »
Any Xhosa men who haven´t and think will never get circumcised. How has your life been so far? How did your parents take it? Do you have Xhosa friends who got circumcised and how are they treating you?.
Man I just lost some friends through this shit. They chose not to hang with me because I´m not looking forward to doing that shit. They say they will be excommunicated from manhood if they hang with. What the f*** is that? I´m not too worried about that though.
I still do have Xhosa friends who got circumcised and they don´t have a problem with that, infact one of them told me that how you take the rules you are given during initiation is entirely on the individual.
I´m Xhosa too but I´m just worried that it might not be possible for me to marry a Xhosa woman if I don´t get circumcised.
Oh, I almost forgot to say the reason I don´t want to get circumcised.
1) I don´t believe going through extreme physical pain will turn me into a man.
2) Noboby is prepared to tell what goes on there and what you get tought so that I can know If need that kind of education or not.
3) I´m not prepared to risk my life for something which hasn´t impressed me as far as teaching people to behave like real men is concerned.
your comments will be appreciated.
Peace