A system of oppression would be going too far, yes, but there is definitely a social understanding that it is OK to make negative generalisations about men in a way that would be unacceptable if about women.
:( You're not being very reasonable here, James, which is disappointing because you usually are.
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I am wholly reasonable, it’s you lot that have lost your minds.
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Then show how? Make an ethical argument for medically unnecessary genital surgery on babies which is not 'widely accepted custom.'
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I think the legal position is well-founded.
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Go on...
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It's legal, between one quarter and a third of parents world wide do it, there's nothing wrong with it. 'Intactivists' are all loons.
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That's not an ethical argument. It can apply to many things we once found acceptable and normal and now don't. Beating children (or wives) with sticks comes to mind.
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You think that two billion parents worldwide are abusing their children? I mean, really? If I thought that I would give up my job and spend the rest of my life campaigning against it.
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Yes. Probably more. Some people do. It depends which battles you want to fight tho. It's one of many human rights issues for me.
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Really. Bit bewildered right now.
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I'm not surprised, tbh.
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