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And yet the only thing people decry is female genital mutilation. hence the hyporacy and double standards
by Khaine 5y ago
And yet the only thing people decry is female genital mutilation. hence the hyporacy and double standards
- jeroenhd 5y agoThat's usually because FGM is much worse. However, in my social circle everyone agrees that all kinds of genital mutilation is bad, unless they're done out of medical necessity of course. I haven't personally met anyone who's in favor of doing this to kids. It seems to be purely an American and a religious practice to still do such things.
- Thiez 5y agoI strongly oppose all types, but the symbolic pin-prick variant that is practiced in some places seems to me to be far less of a "mutilation" than ordinary male circumcision. And yet it is considered "female genital mutilation". Now I think that we can all agree that the worst types of FGM are completely deserving of the term mutilation, but it has always struck me as a very double standard that a pin prick that has probably healed completely in a few days is called a mutilation, but literally cutting off a large part of the foreskin, leaving a permanent scar, is not.