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.

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[marea93.livejournal.com]

I just had an interesting convo about this with my daughter. Apparently, uncircumcised penii are not popular with her and her friends. She was making free with the jokes about it in front of her bro one day when she saw a funny look on his face. She hadn't seen his unit since they were very small, didn't realize he was uncircumcised, and wound up making an awkward apology for making fun of the uncut. She went on to question my decision on the matter, which I explained, but she was unconvinced. We'll see, though, if she has the stomach to have her own baby mutilated that way.