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

[balmofgilead.livejournal.com]

Do you feel differently about people who do it for religious, not cosmetic reasons?

(I'm against doing infant circumcision for cosmetic reasons, and lean toward being against it in general, but the Jewish tradition aspect gives me pause sometimes--enough to prevent me from being firmly against it.)