Let's compare apples with apples. 90 boys died of tribal circumcision in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, last year. Three are currently in hospital with gangrenous penises (I think that means they will probably have to come off). It's just come to light that there have been nine penile amputations in the last few weeks. And in the US in 1959, a doctor developed a new technique for female circumcision (in the strict sense, removal of the clitoral hood) and a new device for doing it, based on a ViceGrip pliers. Both operations have tribal/dangerous and surgical/safe variants, yet their acceptability is divided strictly and sharply on the basis of sex.
"It's not like I asked them to get it done". It's not like anyone asked them. That's the problem. And many women do have their sons cut on the basis of what they prefer sexually. Some people have a passion for amputees, too, but we don't cut feet or hands of babies to cater to that passion.
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Let's compare apples with apples. 90 boys died of tribal circumcision in Eastern Cape province, South Africa, last year. Three are currently in hospital with gangrenous penises (I think that means they will probably have to come off). It's just come to light that there have been nine penile amputations in the last few weeks. And in the US in 1959, a doctor developed a new technique for female circumcision (in the strict sense, removal of the clitoral hood) and a new device for doing it, based on a ViceGrip pliers. Both operations have tribal/dangerous and surgical/safe variants, yet their acceptability is divided strictly and sharply on the basis of sex.
"It's not like I asked them to get it done". It's not like anyone asked them. That's the problem. And many women do have their sons cut on the basis of what they prefer sexually. Some people have a passion for amputees, too, but we don't cut feet or hands of babies to cater to that passion.
June 11, 2010 - 3:40pmThis Comment
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