Boys and girls alike - essay about MGM and FGM from medical ethics researcher griii2 August 25, 2023 34 upvotes /r/MensRights https://aeon.co/essays/are-male-and-female-circumcision-morally-equivalent Male circumcision is a ‘minor’ intervention that might even confer health benefits, whereas FGM is a drastic intervention with no health benefits, and only causes harm. The ‘prime motive’ for FGM is to control women’s sexuality; it is inherently sexist and discriminatory and is an expression of male power and domination. That’s just not true for male circumcision. Unfortunately, there’s a problem with these claims. Almost every one of them is untrue, or severely misleading. They derive from a superficial understanding of both FGM and male circumcision; and they are inconsistent with what scholars have known about these practices for well over a decade.
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