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You are correct that feminism is different from misandry, but permitting or practicing male genital mutilation while opposing female genital mutilation is a double-standard that reinforces societal misandry. As a doctor, you should know better.
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#i2 Over my 30 years of practice, 5 female patients have had cancer of the vulva vs zero males with cancer of the penis -
Regarding the ignorance of US drs, this comes to mind: “It’s difficult to get a man to understanding, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ~Upton Sinclair For US drs, circumcision is money, money, money. AAP = all about profit
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Who is trying to undermine gravity? Those wishing to show circumcision harms, or those who want to show it does?
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Um, circumcision logic is such. It’s circumcision advocates suggesting anything needs to be removed to prevent (insert your favorite disease here) not us. Don’t equivocate.
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There is stupidity, and then there is willful stupidity. She can’t have a genuine interest in public health when she has religious, possibly financial convictions to defend the practice.
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I need to ask, WHY is a mother discussing the sexual preferences of her son’s girlfriends with them? What else would a girl tell them? “Your penis is so small.”
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The convo is the same. Stop segregating, aggrandizing one issue while minimizing, erasing the other.
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They aren’t “comparable” because they’re IDENTICAL. Anyone denying this hasn’t actually looked. LOOK. We dare you.
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You are mistaken on my intentions, but I do think forced genital alteration for social conformity is sad. However I do recognize parents who do it almost always do so with good intentions.
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Thank you so much for speaking out. International peers calling out the weird and unethical bias toward newborn circumcision in the American medical establishment is very helpful.
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Public service announcement. THIS is a description of normal penis. Do NOT retract a baby's foreskin! For some reason I saw a mother who was told to do so by MULTIPLE pediatricians and urologists, and a couple told her to circumcise her baby. Glad baby saw me.
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It's probably not the only time this person has harmed a child this way. Complaints on their record may make a difference.
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Mocking tweet didn’t quite turn out how she wanted it, so she deletes it at best, or merely blocks all dissent at worst. Good thing you saved this. She was obviously being torn apart!
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Evolution did not make a mistake with the foreskin: it is there for a reason.
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As opposed to: “Penile cancer is rare in North America and Europe. It's diagnosed in less than 1 man in 100,000 each year and accounts for less than 1% of cancers in men in the United States.”
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“In the United States, women have a 1 in 333 chance of developing vulvar cancer at some point during their life.”
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#i2 Circumcision is not a Surgical Vaccine http://mondofown.blogspot.com/2011/02/circumcision-is-not-similar-to-surgical.html … … … … … … … … … … … …
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