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 #ethics
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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
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22/33 AAP’s frustration at its inability to address these & similar questions has never been greater, & increases all the time. Some
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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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It's a stretch to say bodily integrity is a human right for only one sex. Can't dodge that by presuming disparate severity by sex (it's not always true). It's important we be able to have a conversation.
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Attacks are not conversation. I never said body integrity wasn’t a right and do not perform or recommend circumcisions and yet you attacked me because their is a ‘dr’ in front of my name. No matter your side, female genital mutilation is not IN ANY WAY comparable to circumcision.
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Do boys have the right to keep the healthy bodies they're born with, or is that right enjoyed only by girls? I'm also confident nothing on this thread could reasonably read as an attack. Severing part of a penis in the absence of disease, diagnosis or consent - that's an attack.
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