Another Circumcision thread

[The Grand Nudger]

-but does she, or you, "froth at the mouth and scream incoherent shit at pro fgm'ers" at the thought of clitoral removal?  See, no one wants to touch this one.....

Same reasons offered, from the same traditions, same needlessness, same lack of any roundly demonstrable benefit - both genital mutilation done..by adults, to infants.....but one is a no go, and the other we don't give a shit about.  Or, in fact, find ourselves arguing -for-.

Well that would be a good parallel if they were threatening to remove the best/most sensitive bits.

That's exactly what circumcision does.  It even makes the remaining sensitive bits less sensitive.

But they're only looking to remove the protective blankey.

Yet another service it provides.  All of the existent pros keep coming up foreskin, lol.

But more to your point, no I don't think modern law should respect tribal custom in the area of clit removal.  Do you know of any countries that attach the same injunction to circumcision?

Yeah, actually, and most of the civilized world are about a hair away from banning it...with public sentiment behind them and legal propositions on the table.   You'll notice that the religious objection to such laws is ever present. When it's legal, it's all about "cleanliness"... but put their peckers in a vice and all of a sudden they acknowledge that they do it for religious/cultural reasons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_and_law