The Anti Circumcision Movement Puts their Skin in the Game.

2011-03-20T07:47:16+00:00

We really need to get the word out that Morris is a circumfetishist who is sexually turned on by mutilating babies. Anyone who quotes him should be verbally tarred and feathered.

kloo2yoo · 2011-03-20T12:48:51+00:00

worthless mocking.

kloo2yoo · 2011-03-20T13:16:25+00:00

http://rabbitwrite.com/feminism-and-circumcision/

BolshevikMuppet · 2011-03-20T07:11:45+00:00

The piece does encapsulate the problem with the debate. There's no common narrative about it, and we all disagree about even the fundamental reality of the situation. We can throw studies, and presumptions, and suppositions, and "common sense" back and forth until the cows come home, but the reality is that there's no general consensus that it is either:

A. A horrific medical procedure with no benefits that leads to decreased sensitivity (among myriad other sexual dysfunctions).

or

B. A simple procedure with few side-effects (excluding rare complications), at worst simply cosmetic and at best with a plethora of medical benefits.

So, the real question is consent:

A. Should the child have a say in whether it happens (up to and possibly including overriding the parents' will), or

B. Should the decision (by law) be left until the child is "of age" (a nebulous term, which I'll assume as 18).

I'm answering "no" to both of those:

A. Parents (excluding cases of clear abuse) are assumed to be looking out for the best interests of a child. I don't really feel comfortable saying "we know what's best for your family" unless there is compelling medical evidence. My parents didn't need my permission to have my tonsils out. Furthermore, do we really think that a child can properly analyze the issues involved here?

B. It's a tougher sell, but the reason to do this in infancy is: first, to allow the penis to heal long before sexual activity would likely begin; and, second, to limit the possible remembrance of the surgery. If we say "we have to wait", we either run the risk of parents having now-teenaged sons circumcised (if we set the age for allowing it at 16), or having teenaged-boys having sex while uncircumcised. And we still run into the problem of "how will a child make a rational decision here". I realize, of course, that most people here don't have any worries about teenaged boys having sex while uncircumcised, but the medical benefits of circumcision (especially in preventing HPV) are most effective when the boy is circumcised before beginning sexual activity.

Now, I await being called (a) a troll, (b) a feminist, (c) man-hating.

Title	The Anti Circumcision Movement Puts their Skin in the Game.
Author	thetrollking
Upvotes	0
Comments	13
Date	March 20, 2011 4:06 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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