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why does the US still just routinely mutilate children? fuck john kellogg's eugenicist corn flake ass

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[–] SaberTail@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago (16 children)

it's fucked up, and there's definitely some creepy psychology behind parents still doing it to their kids

[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago (15 children)

It's primarily circumcised fathers who drive the cycle of abuse. To leave their son intact would be a tacit admission that they were robbed of something valuable, and that their parents did something horrific to them. This puts up a huge psychological barrier which makes it easier to simply cut their child and move on like nothing's wrong. It also doesn't help that men's ego's are strongly linked to their genitalia.

[–] Phish@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago (9 children)

Let's be clear that not all fathers who circumcised their sons are driving a cycle of abuse. Especially not that long ago when it was just viewed as a normal thing many people did. These parents simply didn't know better. They weren't abusing their kids. They didn't do it based on ego. It was just something you did with newborns.

[–] Amorphous@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Abuse is still abuse even if it's normal and even if you don't think it's abuse.

[–] Phish@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Just because you think it's abuse doesn't mean it is.

[–] Amorphous@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

mutilating your child's genitals without anesthetic for cosmetic reasons is abuse. if you disagree with that you're fucking wrong.

[–] Phish@hexbear.net 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

That's the thing. A lot of parents didn't do it for aesthetic reasons. They thought it was healthier. This is what I mean when I say people are extreme about it. You're being completely hostile about it. The reality is it's an unnecessary practice we should stop doing but it doesn't negativity affect the lives of the vast majority of people it's done to. Implying that every circumcised male in history was abused by their parents is ludicrous.

[–] Amorphous@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

mutilating your child's genitals because you couldn't be bothered to inform yourself about it is also abuse

imagine making this argument for literally any other form of abuse. hell, even any other form of mutilation. oh, yeah, i cut off the baby's earlobes because, uhh ... i get cysts in mine sometimes and thats kinda scary. earlobes must be bad.

and yes, im being hostile. we should be hostile toward INFANT GENITAL MUTILATION and those who support it.

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