But if you insist on this point, then I believe I already explained, those who claim reduction in UTIs fully admit that ONLY applies to the first years of life, any "benefit" disappears after that. Probably because the only real way a foreskin increases UTIs is with phimosis?
Labiaplasty is rarely therapeutic and is not considered FGM. Male circumcision is rarely therapeutic and is not considered MGM. What’s sexist about that? And by rarely I mean 0.006% of the planet’s population. Or 42 million people. Who would die without it.
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Non-consensual female genital cutting is always considered genital mutilation. Non-consensual male genital cutting is generally not considered mutilation. That's what is sexist. Far more die from male circ than "die from not having it".
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Just by the way, somebody pointed out that it’s actually ~210000 people not 42 million, sorry, it was 1 AM so math error, but the point still stands, a lot of people need the procedure.
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Doubtful, but even at that, you don't cut before the disease or condition. That's not how medicine works. Medicine treats.
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I mean, we amputated infected legs if there’s nothing else we can do. And tonsils, in cases of chronic infection. Sometimes in order to avoid doing more harm you have to do the surgery.
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Yes, but that's my point. Prophylactic (preventative) male circ is legal without any disease or condition. The same is not true for labiaplasty or any other surgery on female genitals. This is sexism & doesn't comply with medical ethics.
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Ah, I see. I’m not sure if it was made to be sexist originally, I just think they thought cutting was better for men. So maybe a technical oversight, then?
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No, the medical field started it as a Victorian era anti-sex campaign that never stopped. Everything else is a post-hoc rationalization.
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Don’t movements change their intentions over time?
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