Circumcision rant

[dalekboy]

In one of my recent posts, I mentioned that circumcising a child for reasons that are not solidly medical or religious is something that should be thought about in terms of what the child may prefer, not what you want.

Someone pulled me up on this, saying that they consider mutilation because of religion a bad reason for doing it.

Comments

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[king_espresso]

I find the whole idea of ring-barking babies to be barbaric. Superstitions as an excuse to justify it? Nah, you're cutting a baby unnecessarily, without anaesthetic in a part of his body that has a lot of nerve endings. Look at a calendar, work out what century you live in and do the right fucking thing. If you're Jewish, do you still shit 200 metres outside town or have you adapted to the changes in technologies? From my point of view, circumcision is simply child abuse. It's about as necessary as an ear-piercing.

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[dalekboy]

I don't disagree with you, but one of the major points of my argument against it in general is that for many people it's purely an asthetic choice, rather than a cultural/traditional one. I'm not saying that any of those choices are good ones, but I know that one that makes my skin crawl more.

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[king_espresso]

It's the same argument you get when you discuss body hair with some women. I don't want to wax my bloody back!

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[mireille21]

Whereas I much prefer to have smooth body parts. I'll let you guess which ones.

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[king_espresso]

The mind boggles, but in a nice way.

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[mireille21]

Well, you know. The 'usual' places that a lady removes hair from her body - knuckles, back - that sort of thing. :)

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[dalekboy]

Really? I hadn't ever noticed that you pluck your eyebrows...

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[mireille21]

Didn't you? Oh man, I should show you some before and after shots one day. Serious case of monobrow in my family. Le *sigh*.