18/33 Are cut men to believe that the penis part that’s removed is so bad, when what’s not cut is so good? Not just any part is cut, but the part intact men almost universally call most sensitive. How is amputating unique, healthy, & sensitive genital tissue from a child ethical?
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19/33 A recent study found 64% of men circumcised as neonates had a negative view of it. But given that it’s irreversible, that there are valid, meritorious reasons why any man would object to it, & that the overwhelming majority of intact men will NEVER need nor want one…
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20/33 Why isn’t the testimony of even one man who resents having
#circumcision forced on him as a child enough to end it? What argument can be made to support the nontherapeutic cutting of infants’ genitals in the face of that testimony?#i2#AAP18#tweetiatrician#meded#ethics1 reply 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread -
21/33 Would you force a 17 y. o. male to undergo foreskin amputation if his new stepfather demanded it? What if he was a 5 y.o.? Would you force genital cutting of any kind on a girl of any age? How then can you defend forcing
#foreskin amputation on a boy at any age?#i2#AAP181 reply 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread -
22/33 AAP’s frustration at its inability to address these & similar questions has never been greater, & increases all the time. Some
#tweetiatricians block/mute them & it’s clearly b/c there’s no way to defend the amputation of healthy#foreskin from a child’s body as ethical.2 replies 1 retweet 5 likesShow this thread -
23/33 But that frustration is not equivalent to the frustration & moral outrage
#circumcision opponents have at the AAP’s failure to acknowledge basic truths about circumcision, especially its psychological harms. Mr. Arel tells us “My psychologist told me to get over it.”#i21 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
24/33 He’s far from the only man to say that. Too many men who’ve been psychologically harmed by
#circumcision are harmed again by psychologists who are themselves too afraid to confront the truth about circumcision. That’s psychological malpractice.#i2#AAP18#tweetiatrician1 reply 0 retweets 4 likesShow this thread -
25/33 Those attending this
#AAP session should consider 2 real-life examples. First, what not to do.@DrLovlie begins by implying that a man’s opinion about what was done to his own body w/out his consent matters only if it’s supported by “data” showing his view to be popular.pic.twitter.com/eLMcqfsjSt
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26/33 If you can’t understand why that’s wrong & offensive, just imagine doing it to a woman who says she would have preferred to have kept a healthy body part taken from her body w/out her consent.
#i2#AAP18@DrLovlie#tweetiatrician#tweetiatricians#PutKids1st#VoteKidspic.twitter.com/iSez5i8Io8
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Replying to @cooney21
And you wonder why we can’t have a conversation...
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No, after reading the attached, I wonder why US MDs think only girls, but not boys, should be allowed to keep the healthy bodies they're born with. It seems to me the impediment to our conversation is your inability or refusal to answer that question. #i2https://quillette.com/2017/08/15/female-genital-mutilation-health-benefits-problem-medicalizing-morality/ …
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