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RE: Elephant in the Room: Female Genital Mutilation is bad, so why is Male Circumcision OK?

in #life8 years ago (edited)

I believe that anyone that is in their 30's or younger today, will see non-adult male circumcision banned before they reach the age of their life expectancy (in Western countries). There will be an exception for medical needs. It will be thought of as barbaric as female genital mutilation and against human rights.

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Agreed. Although FGM generally involves more extensive removal it is on the same spectrum. You are still cutting off a piece of the body (sometimes without adequate anaesthesia) and the change is permanent. I fear the cultural bias is so strong though that if will not change any time soon.