An Age of Consent for Circumcision? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

oneiorosgrip · 2012-07-11T09:51:27+00:00

A good litmus test... the law should set the age of consent for this at the same level as the age the law would set for consent for other forms of body modification, such as getting a comparable piercing, tattoo, or implant. Since there is no proven medical benefit to the procedure under standard circumstances (that is, in the absence of any of the rare extenuating health circumstances proponents try to use to justify widespread application of the procedure) it is appropriate to limit it as a form of body modification, rather than view it as a genuinely medical procedure under the law.

CUNexTuesday · 2012-07-12T00:25:32+00:00

I kept my son intact and i never imagined so many people could be ignorant on the subject of mutilating a penis for no valid reason. Even though my nephew's was botched and his penis is deformed, the women all said stupid shit like "It's going to be ugly and the girls are going to be repulsed if he doesn't get circumcised". His grandmother still makes comments about how ugly it is on the rare occasion she actually changes a diaper.

Title	An Age of Consent for Circumcision? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
Author	memymineown
Upvotes	17
Comments	5
Date	July 11, 2012 3:44 AM UTC (14 years ago)
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