So Andy: when I am trying to get it through to you why it’s offensive to even consider discussion of MGM a “hijack”, you really think I’m going to go to a “hijack prevention thread”? :dubious:
“Officer Andy, you’ve got the wrong guy. I didn’t do it.”
“Okay, sure: just sign this confession and we’ll fit you for an orange jumpsuit, then we can discuss it down at Sing Sing.”
Here’s a lecture from bioethicist Brian Earp, who explains the “collision course” in the law regarding the differential treatment of male and female genital cutting. Why cutting ANY child’s genitals is wrong: female, male, or intersex … and why anti-FGM campaigns are at risk of losing ground in the fight for children’s rights.
His post references FGM in that it says that the fight against FGM is somehow harmful. Aka the same stupid hateful crap you two have been spewing all along.
Unlike the slacker’s description of how he mastubates, or blalron’s previous posts about the fine details of the foreskin, this one does look sorta relevant, imo.
And I think the introduction of the related category of intersex genital cutting is interesting, although if it’s ruled a hijack I will shut up about it.
For those who, like me, seek more efficently consumable alternatives to the resolutely post-literate format of podcasts and videos that constitute SlackerInc’s typical cites, here’s an article co-authored by the speaker in that video link and discussing the same issue.
[Moderating] Ramira, we ask that posters here post in English, otherwise we can’t effectively moderate the content of their posts. Please do not make posts entirely in non-English languages.
It seems that in spite of all the whining about this BBQ Pit thread being hijacked, and how we need a totally separate segregated thread on FGM, nobody has started one in Great Debates yet. The moderators have expressed a willingness to keep a thread in GD totally on topic. That’s interesting.
What it means is that a lot of us (I feel confident in using that word) get worn down with all the misogynist shit that goes on here. Don’t read anything more into it than that.
As far as I’ve been able to ascertain, every culture that cuts the genitals of girls also cuts into the genitals of boys. The outliers here are the United States and Israel, which only cuts the genitals of male children. But I’ve haven’t been able to find any cultures that only cut girls and leave boys alone. It seems genital cutting cultures either discriminate against boys, or are equal opportunity cutters. If anyone wants to find a contrary example, I’d like to see it.