But that’s not the tissue that female circumcision removes. I’m sure if you removed the whole female urinary tract it would remove the infection. And reduce risk of UTIs. Because they’d be dead. That isn’t a real operation, you’re making up a procedure.
Labiaplasty is usually plastic surgery. There was a case study cited here by somebody showing it being used to treat chronic UTIs. That’s why I used it as an exception, because it is a legal exception to FGM occasionally used to treat abnormalities. Like circumcision is to MGM.
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Two key points here you are missing: in this case the female cutting was therapeutic. Also, it was consensual. RIC is never consensual and never therapeutic. If male circ is therapeutic and ALL OTHER OPTIONS EXHAUSTED, then I'm OK with it. I doubt it's ever truly necessary.
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I agree wholeheartedly. I think the way I’m arguing my point here is making people think I’m pro to all circumcision. I’m not. If there’s anything you can do other than surgery, that should be done instead. And yes, religious circumcision should be banned.
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Then honestly, we all agree, this is really our point too, circumcision when there is actual medical need should be allowed, it should be banned for religious reasons, it should be banned to make him "look like dad" but instead it isn't banned, it's done before there is a problem
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I wonder, if a parent had a little girl, two days old and asked the doctors to remove her labia, would the doctors do it, or would the hospital likely call the police and child services? I bet they'd at least not do the surgery. That's the issue here, it's FGM until there is an>>
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2> issue to treat, legally it is, any cut into a girl's genitals without an actual diagnosis is FGM, in boys they don't wait for there to be an issue, don't wait for there to be a diagnosis, they ask the parents if they want it done, need or not.
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