The thread for circumcised gentiles

Don't be stupid. Female genital mutilation is something quite different. It's about male power over women. It has no health benefits, its sole purpose is to reduce pleasure for females during sex.

This is exactly what I meant about cultural relativism above. We assume so easily that what those African tribes do is SO different to what we do. Why? Well, we're civilised, aren't we? And those Africans, well, they're misogynists - dirty, uncivilised misogynists.

Bullshit. I say again: bullshit. Female Genital Mutilation can be one of four different levels. The first few are no different to male circumcision - it's why before FGM was the preferred nomenclature, the phrase Female Circumcision was interchangable,even to the point where the WHO were using it (incorrectly).

The moral justification is identical. Don't believe me? Ask yourself the question: what is the point at which female genital mutilation becomes wrong? Is it the level at which women have the skin around their clitorises removed (i.e. an actual female circumcision - circum meaning around, and cision meaning cut - identical to male circumcision and equally adept at removing sexual sensitivity)? Is it the point at which the labia are removed? is it the point at which the clitoris is removed? Or where the labia are sewn?

No, this isn't a relative issue. There's no point at which this is OK. ANY forced surgery on those too young (or too pressured by society) to give a meaningful consent, ESPECIALLY when it's done without anesthetic, without medical benefit, is FUCKED.

It might not have fucked you up; you were one of the lucky ones. Doesn't make it right to do that shit to any children ever again.