@briandavidearp Just got back from a lovely Bris with good friends and thought of you. The Mohel mentioned that it is a sign that we should strive not just to be physically perfect, but also morally and spiritually perfect. A task that difficult maybe deserves a powerful ritual?
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Replying to @Efroymson
It seems to me far from morally perfect to permanently interfere with the most private part of someone’s sexual anatomy without their consent. Jewish girls can presumably strive to be morally/spiritually perfect without having a sign carved onto their genitals. Why not boys?
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Replying to @briandavidearp
My daughter asked me essentially that same question, and I told her I did not know the answer, so I’m afraid I can’t help you. I can speculate that boys need more help in that area?
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might take that point of view?2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Efroymson @briandavidearp
So really your statement that girls are more pure is actually the opposite of the
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movement. Women are humans too, they are not more pure or less human. Any guidance Judaism believes boys need, girls need to. Unless of course both could achieve that without forced surgery.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @ThatIntersexGuy @briandavidearp
So
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stands for the notion that women are as likely to sexually assault men, as vice versa? Really?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Efroymson @briandavidearp
#metoo
stands to protect, listen and believe the voices of sexual assault survivors, no matter their gender. But it’s certainly true more of those victims are female. But rape culture effects all of us.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @ThatIntersexGuy @briandavidearp
Why are more (essentially all) of the victims female?
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So weird how a religion that enshrines MGM has traditions of justifying it on blatantly misandrist grounds along with claiming women can't be sex predators (or are just too rare to matter.) But let's hear more about how FGM is always, always done to control women.
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