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Rationalising circumcision: from tradition to fashion, from public health to individual freedom—critical notes on cultural persistence of the practice of genital mutilation

UnHope20

October 19, 2022

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Title	Rationalising circumcision: from tradition to fashion, from public health to individual freedom—critical notes on cultural persistence of the practice of genital mutilation
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	16
Comments	1
Date	October 19, 2022 11:13 AM UTC (3 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/Male_Studies/comments/y7zwbb/rationalising_circumcision_from_tradition_to/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/Male_Studies/rationalising-circumcision-from-tradition-to.1215728 https://theredarchive.com/post/1215728

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[–]UnHope20[S] 4 points5 points6 points 3 years ago (0 children) | Copy Link

Despite global and local attempts to end genital mutilation, in their various forms, whether of males or females, the practice has persisted throughout human history in most parts of the world.

Various medical, scientific, hygienic, aesthetic, religious, and cultural reasons have been used to justify it. In this symposium on circumcision, against the background of the other articles by Hutson, Short, and Viens, the practice is set by the author within a wider, global context by discussing a range of rationalisations used to support different types of genital mutilation throughout time and across the globe.

It is argued that in most cases the rationalisations invented to provide support for continuing the practice of genital mutilation—whether male or female—within various cultural and religious settings have very little to do with finding a critical and reflective moral justification for these practices.

In order to question the ethical acceptability of the practice in its non-therapeutic forms, we need to focus on child rights protection.