My Body, My Choice: Ban Non-Consensual Circumcision

fondueguy · 2011-11-24T03:56:49+00:00

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baconOclock · 2011-11-24T02:24:04+00:00

As long as it's not a conscious choice for the person recieving this kind of treatmeant it should be illegal.

fondueguy · 2011-11-24T00:04:55+00:00

Actually that phrase is used for abortion, which involves the killing of another life. (The fetus is alive)

Anti MGM is simply about not cutting off the parts of boys, which doesn't really need a moral justification...

oddboyout · 2011-11-24T05:29:03+00:00

Even this type of ban isn't the right way to go about it. People simply need to be educated. Doctors especially. They should only discuss it if the parents bring it up, at which point they should dissuade them from the practice.

jdunmer1018 · 2011-11-24T02:37:20+00:00

...Am I the only person in the sub who honestly doesn't care about the issue? It's not like I remember being circumcised, and it's not like I feel like anything's missing... I mean, I just don't understand why it's such a point of contention. My basic point is: why does this matter to anyone? Would being uncircumcised really enrich your life that much that you're going to argue incessantly about it? I'm just confused.

hadees · 2011-11-23T20:30:19+00:00

I'm kind of split on this issue. On one hand I'm Jewish and even if given the choice I probably still would have been circumcised for mainly cultural reasons. However I can kind of understand why someone who wasn't Jewish would be kind of upset about having it done.

Although I would like to point out that your parents all kind of medical choices for you that you have no say in. Everything from vaccines to surgery. You can argue those are necessary but not everyone would agree with you even in the medical establishment. For example they are thinking of giving the HPV vaccine to boys now which can have complications but to prevent the deaths of women they think it might out weigh the risks.

I think the issue isn't, excuse the pun, as cut and dry as some people like to think. And when you are a kid you kind of have to inherently trust your parents with medical choices.

AryoBarzan · 2011-11-24T06:38:31+00:00

I've had it with these anti-circumcision posts here in /r/mensrights.

I thought this subreddit would be highly interesting, and for a little while it was! But the overabundance of highly arguable attitudes toward parental decisions (That's more of children's rights, not mens) being some major detractor toward the validity of an adult male is beyond overplayed. There are numerous reasons circumcision is so widespread across the globe, particularly health and sanitation wise - Ever heard of Smegma? Disgusting. Ever see the picture of the lump of coal and the diamond? Uncut and cut.

Anyway, since you all feel so strongly about it I know I'll get downvoted but I wanted to make it clear this is why I'm fucking done with this subreddit. Alimony for life is a mens rights issue. Circumcision at birth because of parental decisions is not.

logojones · 2011-11-23T23:07:29+00:00

these guys are mad about their sock puppet penises. lulz

Title	My Body, My Choice: Ban Non-Consensual Circumcision
Author	memymineown
Upvotes	84
Comments	46
Date	November 23, 2011 7:43 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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