Obscene. "Women's Rights Advocate" advocates the religiously-driven genital mutilation of little girls. PS There's a way to remove "smegma and dirty smells" and it's called "taking a shower with a bar of soap." https://twitter.com/Sithy321/status/972756549788577793 …
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Thanks for sending me your paper. I agree with your conclusion that the AAP position re. balance of harms and benefits of male circumcision may be culturally biased. On the other hand, there is little evidence that the medical negatives outweigh the positives,... 1/
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...both being uncommon, minor, or speculative. When it comes to your ethical arguments, I find some quite reasonable and on balance I personally agree with you, that there are no objective medical or ethical reasons that support infant circumcision. That said, ...2/
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....and given the very small chance of harm from the procedure (at least when carried out by a qualified medical professional), I do not think it appropriate to impose these ethical judgements on others who believe quite differently. 3/3
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I've no idea why you keep saying small chance of harm. It's like you don't understand what's actually being done, or what's being taken away
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Where is the evidence of significant harm?
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Again, it seems to me you have only a vague idea of what is being done. You could find out what is taken away here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.0830s1034.x …
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No, I have an uncommonly detailed knowledge of what is being done in all@forms of circumcision: I am an anatomist. Again, you have cited an article that is not representative, and which contains claims that 1) have not been substantiated and ... 1/
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..2) where the ‘conclusions’ drawn from some of the cited studies are, imo, misrepresented e.g., interpreting greater frequency & variety of sexual acts engaged in circumcisied v uncircumscribed males (an observation since not well replicated) as due to sensory impairment. 3/
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