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Originally Posted by pornask
Read this CC? i appreciate your open mind in regards to your son, but it seems like you're having a slower day today. We all have such days...
Genital mutilation is just that - a genital mutilation. Something that is naturally a part of your body is removed leaving you disfigured for the rest of your life.
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I agree with you.
there are, however, some important differences in the way that the procedures are carried out. One is done in a hospital in a sterile environment. If a boy develops scar tissue or infection, his parents can take him for treatment and even potentially sue the doctor for malpractice to recover medical fees incurred.
Female genital mutilation is often done with a dirty knife or even a broken bottle in a tent, outdoors or in a home. Most likely, if infection or other complications arise, they will not be treated and can turn into much, much worse problems and even result in death.
Personally, I'd rather be dead than have a seething, painful infection that will never be treated and that no one cares about on my genitals.
Both practices are wrong, and I'm not going to argue about which is more "wrong," because that only makes light of just how wrong it is to remove a part of someone's body without their consent.