[lbo-talk] the barbaric western practice of male circumcision...

[joanna bujes]

It's easy to protest female circumcision in africa -- though 
"circumcision" is a weak term -- "mutilation" or "castration" would be 
more accurate. After all, circumcision does not excise the penis, it 
only removes a bit of foreskin ...what is harder is to stop the practice 
in the U.S., where according to a friend it routinely continues in the 
case of female infants whose clitoris is deemed too large.  Five a day, 
according to my friend.

I'll find the data if anyone is interested.

Oh, and No, inflicting traumatic experiences on a child's sexual organs 
does not seem like a good idea. Wish I had thought it through when my 
son was born. But I was unduly swayed by the endless number of 
infections I suffered when married to my first, uncircumcised husband.

Joanna

ravi wrote:


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> [as we rightly protest female circumcision in africa] what's the 
> left's take on the male version, practiced widely in the west?
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> [just trying to start something new ;-)]
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>     --ravi
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> p.s: yes, it happens in places other than the west too...
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