You’ll find (by reading all of the replies I’ve written) that I agree with you. That’s why the idea that surgery should be considered before anything else isn’t my argument. I’m arguing that it is a medical procedure and has multiple valid uses, unlike female circumcision.
It’s nice to see that we agree. I spent the first few tweets with Gregory working out his stance on circumcision. He wants a blanket ban on it, “the same standard they use on girls”. I can’t find a single situation in which FGM has been allowed, even exceptionally.
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Therapeutic cutting of female genitalia occurs (e.g. labiaplasty)--there are many peer-reviewed published articles about it, so you must not have looked very hard. Asking for equal protection for everyone should bit be controversial. Not sure what your hang up is.
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If circumcision was the solution to the issues he's proposing it is, we would see adult men choosing to get cut to stop all the infections they'd constantly get, and we don't see that. We see almost all intact men perfectly fine with their dicks.
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Frankly, I'd do an awful lot to resolve recurring infections before I'd approve this being done to my sons - diet changes, antibiotics/antifungals, better hygiene, probiotics. And even then, I'd be extremely reluctant to do it before they were adults.
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