why does the US still just routinely mutilate children? fuck john kellogg’s eugenicist corn flake ass

  • Phish [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    4 years ago

    Let’s be clear that not all fathers who circumcised their sons are driving a cycle of abuse. Especially not that long ago when it was just viewed as a normal thing many people did. These parents simply didn’t know better. They weren’t abusing their kids. They didn’t do it based on ego. It was just something you did with newborns.

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      4 years ago

      I do sympathize with parents who didn’t know better, including my loving parents. The medical establishment is to blame. Nobody who chooses circumcision thinks they are abusing their son, nor are they criminally negligent. But I can’t say that someone who circumcises their son isn’t technically continuing the cycle. Also, sorry to hear about your son.

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          4 years ago

          mutilating your child’s genitals without anesthetic for cosmetic reasons is abuse. if you disagree with that you’re fucking wrong.

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            4 years ago

            That’s the thing. A lot of parents didn’t do it for aesthetic reasons. They thought it was healthier. This is what I mean when I say people are extreme about it. You’re being completely hostile about it. The reality is it’s an unnecessary practice we should stop doing but it doesn’t negativity affect the lives of the vast majority of people it’s done to. Implying that every circumcised male in history was abused by their parents is ludicrous.

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              4 years ago

              mutilating your child’s genitals because you couldn’t be bothered to inform yourself about it is also abuse

              imagine making this argument for literally any other form of abuse. hell, even any other form of mutilation. oh, yeah, i cut off the baby’s earlobes because, uhh … i get cysts in mine sometimes and thats kinda scary. earlobes must be bad.

              and yes, im being hostile. we should be hostile toward INFANT GENITAL MUTILATION and those who support it.