Look. These aren't the same. I'm not saying they are. There are different types of each, some more and less severe. The most common type of female genital mutilation is more severe than the most common type of male genital mutilation.
But they are the same in that both rob a child of his or her right to his or her full body.
They both take away part of a human being without consent.
They both cause excruciating pain to the victim.
They can both cause death.
They both are attempted to be justified by religious reasons
They both are attempted to be justified by medical reasons.
They are both societally considered acceptable, albiet in different parts of the world.
They are both intended to rob the victim of sexual pleasure.
Consent is what's important. Watch this wonderful video, by youtube's freedom0speech. This may help explain to you what I mean.
The line between what should be allowed to be performed on minors belongs all the way at the bottom. ALL children deserve their full, intact bodies. I am as strongly against female genital mutilation as I am against male genital mutilation. No one here is minimalizing female genital mutilation. By supporting a ban on the forced genital cutting of minors, you show that sexism should not be allowed to be written into our laws. Males and females should be offered equal protection from those who wish to mutilate their genitals, no matter how severe or how mild it may be. Boys and girls have every right to intact bodies. No procedures save life saving, immediately necessary surgeries should be allowed to be preformed on ANY minors. This includes females. No one is trying to minimalize female genital mutilation. I am against all genital cutting.
I'm sorry if I sound repetitive, but people really seem to need to hear it said a few different ways before they understand.
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