Associated Press: Doctor's arrest brings attention to US female circumcisions

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[The Great RJ]

I’m not holding my breath that in the liberal la la land of Minnesota there will be any prosecution of the parents of these little girls for felony child abused or to have child protective services remove the girls from these abusive homes. The local media here in the Twin Cities has also been quite silent about the Minnesota connection with these doctors practicing FGM.

[RipSawyer]

“There is, of course, zero equivalence between circumcision and mutilating a little girl’s genitalia.”

Of course there is, both are entirely uncalled for and should be ended.

[Skooz]

Naa.

The purpose for mutilating a little girl’s genitals is to preclude her from enjoying sex when she gets older, because according to the moon cult women are unworthy of sexual fulfillment.

I’m circumcised and my orgasms are just fine, thank you.

[RipSawyer]

“I’m circumcised and my orgasms are just fine, thank you.”

How would you know what they might have been had you not been circumsized? I suggest that you are claiming knowledge you cannot possibly possess. Other than that, even if you are right that is no reason for circumcision, there is in fact NO valid reason for male circumcision. The mere fact that it may be LESS of a negative than female circumcision certainly is no reason.

[BobL]

The surgery is PRETTY OBVIOUS to any doctor or medical worker looking at a girl’s (or woman’s) private parts.

It would be very interesting to find out if these workers are required to REPORT these cases, since not reporting (to CPS) even a bruise on a 10 year white boy opens them up to criminal prosecution.

...so, is our vaulted medical profession COVERING UP what is likely hundreds of thousands of these abuses?

[Svartalfiar]

Why isn't circumcision considered a form of male genital mutilation?

Because it's not a mutilation, it's simply removing extra skin that can make diseases more easily contracted later in life. Here's a better way to think of it:

Male circumcision would be similar to cutting off part of the hood covering the clitoris, not digging the clitoris out.

Female 'circumcision' is similar to cutting off the entire head of the penis, maybe half the shaft, instead of just removing the foreskin.