After failing to ban Male Genital Mutilation, Germany now going to ban elective cosmetic surgery on minors.

Decabowl · 2013-12-03T02:39:41+00:00

Ban circumcision and you upset the Jews. Germany can't afford to upset the Jews.

notnotnotfred · 2013-12-02T18:58:43+00:00

The specifics are important. too broad and you can ban people from getting braces & hyperdontia treatments. Too narrow and you'll have another "save girls from x" law.

also, "can be justified on medical grounds" = "nevermind how shitty the data actually is, we're doctors and we need to save babies from their foreskin$$$."

C0CKPUNCHER · 2013-12-02T16:26:51+00:00

There is no connection. Banning elective cosmetic surgery on minors makes sense. Circumcision is clearly unpopular in Germany but they are not yet ready to ban, perhaps they will in some years.

Funcuz · 2013-12-02T22:54:33+00:00

Wait...what ?

Look , whether this an MRM issue or not is not actually what I have a problem with. It's the lunacy of banning elective cosmetic surgery for minors.

Most kids will be advised not to go under the knife by %99.9 of cosmetic surgeons and %99.9 of minors either can't afford it , won't be allowed by their parents to get it , or will eventually find another way of dealing with whatever their problem is anyway. In other words , this isn't a problem.

What IS a problem is telling kids who've been horribly disfigured by fire (for example) that they'll have to be outcasts for many more years because the state says they're too stupid to understand why having a recognizable face is bad for them.

Granted , I didn't read the article so maybe it says something about having a parent's permission but if it's an outright ban with no exceptions then I'd say that the German government is a heartless bureaucracy run by total assholes.

Of course , it wouldn't be the first time that that's happened.

Title	After failing to ban Male Genital Mutilation, Germany now going to ban elective cosmetic surgery on minors.
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Upvotes	69
Comments	16
Date	December 2, 2013 4:15 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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