End Genital Mutilation Now

Cforq · 2011-06-05T22:45:05+00:00

http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/haamz/is_circumcision_americas_number_one_mens_rights/c1tugi2

xVarekai · 2011-06-06T05:57:28+00:00

My son will be able to choose if he would like to remove a part of his own body when he is able to make an informed decision about it himself. I will not let anyone take a knife to him to do an optional procedure (see: unnecessary) without his consent. If, as a mother, I can make the choice to do it or not, it's optional. And it's not my body, it's his. And no one else's. Let them choose when they are old enough to understand what they are doing and can make a rational, informed decision if they want to do this. The only reason I would opt to have it done before he is old enough to make the decision himself is if there are medical complications or problems that can be remedied by the removal of the foreskin. People compare the foreskin to the appendix, saying it's vestigial/unneeded/optional but I don't think too many people have their appendix removed unless it causes problems. Then a procedure would be desired. I think we have the same case here.

2011-06-06T17:42:12+00:00

Did anybody actually read the story of David Reimer as linked to on Wikipedia? To cite that as an example to end all circumcision is ludicrous.

craigdubyah · 2011-06-06T01:01:08+00:00

What's genital mutilation?

Oh, you mean male infant circumcisions performed by an experienced professional in a safe, sterile manner?

Yeah, let's end that.

I'd rather have people wanting the procedure get it done by an inexperienced, unlicensed individual in an unsafe, unclean manner.

Title	End Genital Mutilation Now
Author	memymineown
Upvotes	38
Comments	7
Date	June 5, 2011 9:07 PM UTC (15 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/hscay/end_genital_mutilation_now/
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