[lbo-talk] The Rights of Baby Boys
ravi
ravi at platosbeard.org
Thu Dec 13 09:30:53 PST 2007
On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007, at 11:59 AM, ravi wrote:
>> So, ask only those adult men who:
>>
>> * were recently circumcised
>> * are sexually active and have been in the recent past
>
> But adult men get circumcised because they've converted to a new
> religion, or who knows what else - to please a sexual partner? Since
> you couldn't hold those things constant, the comparison is
> meaningless.
>
Meaning? They are liable to lie about the sensations they feel? (note
that we (at least I) are not talking about their psychological
experience -- which the second doctor shifts the argument into -- but
the physical one).
--ravi
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