"The rate of circumcision of boys in the U.S. has dropped by 10%. Here’s why." As reported on feministing.com? Reducing male circumcision is a feminist issue now?

aPseudonymPho · 2013-08-25T18:30:56+00:00

I am not a feminist, but honestly, as an issue that is very important to me, I don't really care who fights to reduce male circumcision to the point of non-existence. As long as it is done in a way that actually helps the situation, and isn't simply co-opted for the sake of propping up their movements credibility.

Faryshta · 2013-08-25T04:40:18+00:00

I’ve been in practice for over 40 years and there wasn’t any question about whether to circumcise in the ‘good old days’ because parents were worried about what might happen in the locker room in middle school or high school

Body shaming? Its ok to mutilate babies to make them look hot.

What’s more, the days when doctors said “do this” and patients didn’t question them are over, said McInerny, who wasn’t involved in the CDC study

TIL: Blind faith is awesome.

parents often get the drawbacks and benefits, and may choose to forgo the procedure, for which there are “small risks,” mostly bleeding

And death

Parents ultimately should decide whether circumcision is in the best interests of their male child

Doesn't this contradict the second quote i pasted here?

Research suggests circumcision leads to fewer cases of HIV, herpes, genital warts and genital cancers

Citation needed. Everyone repeats that the studies exists but no one have ever give me a study

reduced rates of circumcision may boost U.S. health-care costs by $4.4 billion if rates plunge to levels seen in Europe, where only 10 percent of boys are circumcised

Editorialization bullshit. Health care in Europe is much cheaper

The advocacy against circumcision has been highly vocal, and they have done a better job of communicating to the lay public than scientists have,

Which scientists? Still haven't seen a single study

aguyuno · 2013-08-25T14:15:20+00:00

A feminist issue for those of us who view feminism as what it always, at the very least, CLAIMED to be - which is for everyone. Genital mutilation is terrible, period. I'm circumcized myself (my parents aren't Jewish), and I don't hold it against my parents, obviously - it's one of those things. But at the same time, it's something we should not do.

So, honestly, if you're finding a lot of sites that are citing this as a feminist issue (and googling "circumcision feminism" yields quite a few results)... good! It means the more sensible of us (feminists) are finally starting to take the front lines, and knocking the fucking whackjobs (as in, the crazy feminists) out of the spotlight

giegerwasright · 2013-08-25T04:55:59+00:00

they didn't give a fuck last week...

DJDanaK · 2013-08-25T10:56:40+00:00

Feminists want men cut because women think cut dicks look hotter, and feminism is about giving women what they want.

They don't care about egalitarianism, and they will cling to any bullshit pseudoscience -- studies indicating that circumcision lowers HIV rates are highly controversial, and were not actually completed. They have never been independently verified. Feminists know this, but don't care, because as I said, they think that cut dicks look better.

p3ndulum · 2013-08-25T07:32:19+00:00

They consider LGBT (spell check?) rights a "feminist" issue, too.

Basically, they are trying to make everything a feminist issue because fuck men.

miroku000 · 2013-08-25T14:21:02+00:00

Everything here is based on the assumption that circumcision is bad. Why is it bad? Sure the boy has not choice in the matter, his parents do, but it is a hygienic practice.

Of course, feminists have no right to comment or even express their opinions on the issue. It is outside the domain of 'what feminism should be'.

Title	"The rate of circumcision of boys in the U.S. has dropped by 10%. Here’s why." As reported on feministing.com? Reducing male circumcision is a feminist issue now?
Author	DougDante
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Comments	77
Date	August 25, 2013 4:26 AM UTC (12 years ago)
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