Comment on Could Trump's "Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation" order defund vasectomies?

• warbond@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t think so. It’s a pretty barbaric practice, so it deserves strong language. I suspect the only reason it’s still prevalent in America is the momentum of long-standing tradition. There’s no reasonable justification for performing unnecessary surgery on a newborn’s genitals.

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  • SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I would say tradition yeah. A lot of women also don’t like uncircumcised genitals.

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    • Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      In some cultures, men don’t like women who haven’t had their labia and clitoris removed. Does that preference justify the practice?

      Removing the foreskin removes thousands of nerve endings and desensitizes the glans.

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      • SolidShake@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I don’t recall advocating for it. I’m just saying it’s a thing, it won’t go away either and in the US it’s more of a traditional thing than religion thing. A it was only a few decades ago where it was considered “more hygenic”.

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