This is a very middle-class male view of the matter. Actually churches started doing this in response to a highly classed and highly gendered problem. Circumcision is ridiculously expensive socially and financially.https://twitter.com/MediaMK/status/1060538252942327808 …
"It's one of the most salient elements of both masculinity and patriarchy." A word. Circumcision (and its equivalents) as a rite with all its attendant matter and form is fundamentally about patriarchy. I don't get how folks are confused about this.
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You are right from your position. We however cannot insist on a single interpretation and experience. That is why I am specific that I am responding to this well aware of my identity and positionality. This influences my views.
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