The procedure is banned in many countries and when it’s done, it is often done in unhygienic and dangerous circumstances with no anesthesia. No girls with a clit will EVER say “I don’t want my clit”. There are zero health benefits to FGM
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You’ll never (well almost never, there are crazy people around afterall) see an adult woman want to go thru circumcision. Adult men do opt for circumcision all the time.
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Here’s how male circumcision is different: 1) Men cut still enjoy sex 2) there are some health benefits to a cut penis, although not much n 3) is important: its purpose is not to restrain the individual but to benefit the individual, at least that’s what parents who do it think
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4) when procedure is done before 3 months, there is virtually no pain. I’ve witnessed this and the baby is cheerful as always, no crying, was smiling immediately after the surgery, done w LA.
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There is a little plastic ring on the baby’s penis and it falls off after a week. No aftercare is needed, no open wound or stitches.
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So it’s not the same at all. Many of you talk about consent. Here is where it gets a bit grey imho
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I disapprove of doing the surgery to any boy above 3 months, which is the cut off limit for the very painless and way simpler ring surgery, because it will involve putting the child in a lot of pain. If pain is involved, he should give consent, otherwise it’s torture.
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As a parent before the infant turns 3 you have to decide: cut or don’t cut? If you cut, he might hate u for it. If u don’t cut, he might want to do it later n also hate u for not doing it when he was a baby; now his procedure will be so painful. Who knows what the kid will want?
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In any case as parents we have to go through many of these decisions without “consent” for the child, if we talk about human rights that way nobody can let their kids go to piano lessons because what if they don’t consent?
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I also absolutely do not agree with the whole “natural” argument. Firstly we modify our natural selves all the time, it’s undeniable that there are useless shit on us like wisdom teeth or tonsils or appendixes.
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None of those body parts can be removed from a child's body at the direction of his parents w/out compelling clinical need.
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