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I wonder why it's still allowed to modify the body of a minor for lifestyle reasons without their knowledge or consent. Seems a bit ridiculous to me. The articl
by oneplane 8y ago
I wonder why it's still allowed to modify the body of a minor for lifestyle reasons without their knowledge or consent. Seems a bit ridiculous to me. The article is somewhat larger than just Circumcision, but since the title mostly points to that, it's the comment you're going to get ;-)
- solipsism 8y agoIt's still allowed because people are ignorant, and those who aren't ignorant are irrational and are extremely good rationalizing (like all of us are about some things). Another big factor is that the medical community has absolutely dropped the ball here. I believe that any ethical doctor must refuse to do a circumcision without a valid medical reason. The Hippocratic Oath demands it.
- jrs95 8y agoWell I imagine an attempt to ban circumcision would be immediately called anti-Semitic and then it would never happen. And that’s something nobody even wants to be accused of, so there’s less pressure to do this than there otherwise might be.
- rootusrootus 8y agoI know plenty of people who support circumcision and exactly zero of them are Jewish. We would see a tremendous pushback on any attempt to ban it regardless of it's association with Judaism.
- tobias3 8y agoThat's what happend here in Germany. There was a court case where male circumcision was ruled bodily mutilation. Afterwards they created a law to make it legal only as religious practice (after a lot of discussion).