(October 9, 2016 at 5:46 am)LastPoet Wrote: In comparision I have an almost 2 month daughter and there is the tradition of piercing baby girls ears at this time to them wear earrings, cause its pretty. I vehemently objected for the same reasons we agreed upon on baptism. My wife is a catholic and she agreed with my reasoning. She can pierce, tattoo, baptize whenever she wants on her will to do it.
I won't impose on my daughter anything, except things that will help her survival, like vaccines, medical care.
Other than that, I am just here to clean her poo. And she makes the most wonderfull poo that I've ever seen.
Yeah, piercing girls' ears (without their consent) is also a form of intrusion on one's bodily rights. No matter how extremely mild the damage may be, you're still forcing holes through their ear lobes or wherever, and for non-medical reasons (often either out of self-interest or indifference). I remember when my mother did it to my sister when she was around 7 (because ... tradition), and seeing my sister wince in pain got to me a little, but I just didn't have any authority as a kid to prevent it. I love my mother by the way, and in the case of ear piercings, the pain is probably very fleeting and non-persistent, but there was no excuse for that.
