Rants of the day

[rootofnewt]

I don't understand why parents feel they have the right to modify their child's genitals for mere cosmetic reasons. It's cruel, it's barbaric, and it's a violation of the child's bodily integrity. I think it's ridiculous that we have laws protecting girls from circumcision, but it's perfectly okay to mutilate boys.

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Unrelated to this, I also despise evil nannies and am trying to out a particular beast via our local parenting groups.

Comments

[melody-rossiter.livejournal.com]

Here, here. I try very hard to allow other people the right to circumcise their boys, and I ultimately left that choice up to Jay (my choice was no circumcision, thankfully Jay's, too). I just can't understand why people would EVER want to snip a piece of their child's gentiles off. EVER.

I have a similar opinion on earrings in babies and small children (they should have to wait until they are a) old enough to decide they want and b) old enough to care for the piercing themselves).

Nannies scare me in general. I don't want anyone else to raise my child.