Do you feel that parents should have the option to choose circumcision for their son at birth? Please leave your reasons why or why not!
@SteveMcRae_ @ge_kaitlyn @Shann_Q0 @DearMrAtheist @GodlessEngineer @GodlessEngineer
It's kind of apples and oranges. There's very little downside to male circumcision and it does make hygeine much easier. Foreskins are fairly infection-prone. Clits aren't.
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Except it's still genital mutilation being done without the person's consent. And the infections can be avoided with basic hygiene.
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And that IS a fair point. It's exactly what I said to my GF. Her, her mother, my mother, my aunt and my grandmother all work in nursing and are all non-religous and are all mothers. Not one of them felt there was a good reason not to circumsize. *shrug*
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Bodily autonomy?
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They acknowledged the idea, but felt it was as unnecessary as the appendix and the risks of keeping it made it, in their eyes, a no-brainer.
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I've known a few men who were rather attached to theirs. Removing it from infants, who cannot consent, is a human rights violation. You can't even remove a corpse's organs for a transplant without consent. Corpses have more bodily rights than baby boys.
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Except that organs, for the most part (sorry, Appendix) serve an important purpose. I'm NOT pro circumcision, for the record, I just don't like seeing this poor argument bandied about like a flopping cock.
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And to reiterate my point - You couldn't even remove a corpse's appendix without permission. There are laws against it. Hence, corpses have more bodily autonomy than infants.
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Perhaps. Their argument about the bodily autonomy had something to do with "outie" belly buttons actually being better but nobody bitches about a closer cut on the umbilicus. It's been awhile since I had this argument with them.
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