The rise and fall of circumcision in New Zealand

93re2 · 2018-06-13T03:24:43+00:00

Excerpt:

In 1906, a morals campaigner, R H W Bligh, wrote to the Secretary of Education urging circumcision for boys in state care who masturbated. It was already standard practice.

OBJECTS: Promoting--

i. Purity among Men and Boys

ii. A Chivalrous Respect for Womanhood

iii. The Preservation of the Young from Contamination

iv. A Higher Tone of Public Opinion ...

Wow, these rationales for MGM sound so much like some of those I've heard for a certain other practice: so-called female "circumcision".

thrway_1000 · 2018-06-13T19:37:45+00:00

A practice that needs to end.

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Title	The rise and fall of circumcision in New Zealand
Author	93re2
Upvotes	8
Comments	2
Date	June 13, 2018 3:17 AM UTC (8 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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