• LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I think religiously mandated circumcision is as dumb as the next guy does but c’mon now… there are legitimate reasons to do it and getting it done does not have that terrible health outcomes for the kid compared to FGM. I think society as a whole should start to think of it as a bygone practice, but putting doctors on pikes over it is extreme.

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      1 day ago

      They are clearly not talking about the legitimate, medically necessary cases

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        13 hours ago

        not really… they said any. they didn’t give any indication they might have an exception to that. sounds like they’re talking about a blanket ban.

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      22 hours ago

      The rational behind it is flimsy to begin with. Stopping bacterial buildup? Sure. Then you have the whole “circumcision as a remedy for masturbation” … which was actually a movement.

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        13 hours ago

        nah my nephew had to get one because his foreskin wouldn’t grow. it literally was cutting off blood flow to his pecker, so they give him a circumcision. sucks but kinda had to happen.