Unnecessary circumcision who is to blame?
I wondered about this. It's a hard one I think. Anyhow please respond
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thr
You can blame each one for their part in it, and you can have dislike for the actions of each one in relation to circumcision.
I try to think of it as odd that the parents want to subject their child to such a thing.
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derpyderp
What the fuck is with everyone here being so anti-circumcision?
I mean I can somewhat understand where people are coming from but really, everyone here acts like it's the end of the world.
Where's the option for there is noone to "blame"?I was circumcised as a young kid & I'm glad.
To me it seems easier, cleaner, looks nicer & has had absolutely no negative effect on any part of my life.
I don't feel mutilated & I sure as shit don't feel violated.
Every girl I've spoken to seems to prefer a cut cock & some of them are actually turned off by uncircumcised men.If I have a boy he will be circumcised. Deal with it...
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disthing
A lot of people don't like the idea of performing unnecessary surgical procedures on tiny children for seemingly arbitrary cosmetic or religious reasons.
It's not about there necessarily being negative repercussions, it's about the principle of the thing.
In the UK, and much of Europe, it's quite a rare thing to be circumcised, unless there's a medical reason. So for me and a lot of other people, it's hard to understand the motivation :/
Why would you have your son circumcised? Because you think a cock is ugly in its natural form and you think chopping off a bit of it will make girls like your son's penis more? How bizarre does that sound?
I'm curious about what your reasoning is.
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disthing
Everyone involved, from the parents, to the doctors, to the organisations who promote barbarism as tradition, to the governments who don't stand by progressive cultural values and fail to impose laws protecting children against mutilation, to educational institutions who don't tackle the ignorance surrounding such a sensitive issue.
MGM and FGM is wrong.
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disthing
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Dulse.
Who is to blame? Anyone who allows it to happen without any medical reason and without the person's consent. Got to remember they're stuck with that for life afterwards regardless of how they feel. That's simply not fair.
We could just as much justify removing everyone's fingernails at birth because they can gather dirt unless they're kept clean.
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RainbowFlash
All carry influence but at the end of the day the parents say yes or no. They carry 100% power of consent in the matter.
Thusly, the parents bear the responsibility.
The world has many influences, you decide how you are going to act.
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NeuroNeptunian
All of them.
I am adamant on having the father of any son I have decide that for him. I really don't think anyone who doesn't have a penis (outside of the medical community) is qualified to make decisions about what someone with a penis does with theirs. That's a male issue, I'm a female, I don't think I should have much of a say unless the father won't speak up but then I'd probably just ask another closely related male.
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[Old Memory]
I personally disagree with what I think you are saying. I don't think that just because someone has a penis that they can make the choice on others with a penis. I think that the choice of circumcision should be the person who own's the penis, not someone without a penis or someone with a different penis. I think the child should have the choice themselves and get to grow up with that choice and make the choice themselves.
Ofcourse, if the reason for it happening is medical then it's a different story.
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NeuroNeptunian
And if the father of my child felt that way, I'd respect it and not corcumsize.
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[Old Memory]
If your partner who was the father wanted him circumcised, how would you feel about that and what would you respond with?
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NeuroNeptunian
I guess I'd have to let him. I wouldn't want my husband being able to say that my daughter can't be on such and such birth control or can't do such and such with her body and I would not cross into that territory.
There are some decisions that I seriously think only a male or female should make.
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[Old Memory]
Just want to say that I didn't thumb you down, you may already know my stance on the thumbs feature on here but incase you didn't I thought I would just say.
I can't really say I agree with you on here. I don't think that a mother shouldn't have as much say on their son as the father does, same goes for father and daughter.
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[Old Memory]
Erm. All of them?
Except for the last one above "Other". It shouldn't just be brushed off like that.
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thegypsysailor
It is an interesting that you believe that circumcision is unnecessary. In many places and historically and even today, it is/was done for health reasons. That both the Jews AND the Muslims consider it necessary, means a large part of humanity must think it necessary.
I for one, would rather have it done at birth when my pain receptors are not fully developed, than in my teen years when it would probably be extremely painful. I doubt it actually causes any psychological harm to an infant; nobody remembers the first few months of life.
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disthing
The majority of Jews and Muslims who have it done do so because of religious and cultural tradition.
In most cases, there is no medical justification for doing so.
Because something has been happening long enough to become a tradition, does not in itself justify continuing the practice. As human understanding of the world progresses, our cultures should reflect that change.
Where there is no medical reason to perform surgery on a child, and that child is legally considered unable to consent to a cosmetic operation, the surgery should not happen.
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