Court allows parents to castrate boys

Cerrak · 2010-11-14T21:49:51+00:00

Damn, what a horrible decision that must have been to make.

Elesia · 2010-11-15T01:07:05+00:00

Without removal of the testes AND KIDNEYS, these children will not see the age of ten.

I am very anti-alteration, and my own son isn't circumsized, but these children won't SURVIVE if they don't see immediate and severe surgery for a rare and extreme genetic disorder.

Mottebayo · 2010-11-15T22:07:18+00:00

The title seems very different than what the article turned out to be. These parents weren't doing it because they wanted to. These parents sought this direction because it was a recommended course of action, seeing as how these boys would otherwise have a risk of developing cancer very early on. The castration AND Kidney removal is an option as a result of their very rare condition.

kanuk876 · 2010-11-14T22:32:23+00:00

Courts and society have always allowed parents to castrate boys, so long as they provide a plausible cover story.

Go ask David Reimer how he feels about the issue. Did his suffering result in anyone to think twice about circumcision? Hardly.

My point being: a big part of women's biological contribution is bearing and birthing children. Likewise, a big part of a man's biological contribution is his labour.

If you castrate a man, you remove him from the competition pool for reproduction, yet you retain the fruits of his labour (in theory). IE: The perfect slave. We have a deeply-rooted desire to attack male children's genitals for exactly this reason. And when we succumb to it, we perpetrate evil upon the young.

In light of the above, I find the following suspect:

Caused by a genetic mutation, Denys-Drash syndrome is associated with a high risk of developing potentially fatal tumours on the kidneys and testes, as well as the development of ambiguous genitalia.

These people don't know whether the boys will develop the tumors. And given the choice, the boys may decide to take their chances, no matter how slim.

There are worse things than death. Again, I invite you to go ask David Reimer. I believe David agrees with me; on May 2, 2004 David committed suicide.

Title	Court allows parents to castrate boys
Author	Subversive
Upvotes	0
Comments	11
Date	November 14, 2010 9:40 PM UTC (15 years ago)
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