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MGM (circumcision) = FGM. You can lie to yourself and others but the person being mutilated is being denied a choice when their lives are not in danger.
by mickrussom 9y ago
MGM (circumcision) = FGM. You can lie to yourself and others but the person being mutilated is being denied a choice when their lives are not in danger.
- bryondowd 9y agoI'm not aware of any adult women in a free society choosing to be mutilated, whereas it isn't uncommon for adult men to choose to be circumcised. That would seem to indicate that there is indeed a difference. FGM is evil, plain and simple. MGM/circumcision has interesting points on both sides, and while there might be a stronger argument against it than for, it's not strong enough to be a hill I'd choose to die on. But to each their own, I suppose.
- Mithaldu 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genital_modification_and_mutilation#Labiaplasty_and_vaginoplasty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genital_modification_and_mutil...
- bryondowd 9y agoThese elective surgeries have no relation to what is typically referred to as FGM, but perhaps I should have been more clear. I was referring to Types I-III as described here: http://www.endfgm.eu/female-genital-mutilation/what-is-fgm/ http://www.endfgm.eu/female-genital-mutilation/what-is-fgm/ Those are very clearly wrong, with no redeeming value and cause a great deal of harm to the woman, beyond any subjectivity. Nobody is signing up to have this done to them for aesthetic reasons. Compared to this, circumcision is only low-moderately invasive and damaging. If you are going to argue against circumcision, do so on its own merits, not by comparing it to something far worse.