# Handling Genitals (not your own)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-genitals-not-your-own/303290>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 10, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-genitals-not-your-own/303290 "2005-05-10T22:17:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-genitals-not-your-own/303290/21 "2005-05-11T21:42:53Z")

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Maybe, maybe, _maybe_, I could see a silly raspberry type kiss happening on a little kid’s behind. Then there might be touching in order to name parts or answer questions. Otherwise, general maintainance is about all the kid needs.

I’d want my kid to know there are certain places and kinds of touching that shouldn’t happen and modeling that behavior is a good way to re-inforce the idea. Little kids have a tough enough time saying no when their private parts are totally off limits. Why confuse them with degrees and shades and circumstances?

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**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-genitals-not-your-own/303290/22 "2005-05-11T22:09:16Z")

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> [@Ashes](#):
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> Why confuse them with degrees and shades and circumstances?

Like touching someone’s butt is acceptable while touching a weiner is an Unclean Act?

Seeing grandma pull down a six-year old’s pants and tweak his johnson would horrify me; however we are humans first and treating a particular body part as sacrosanct because we use it to fuck is not a logical step that’s obvious to me. As much as the notion of tweaking or kissing a infant or young child’s naughty bits makes me cringe, if it is widespread over several continents without causing serious harm, then shouldn’t you re-evaluate your culture rather than shunning the act?

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-genitals-not-your-own/303290/23 "2005-05-11T22:12:10Z")

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Well, unless it’s an ultra-Orthodox mohels, definitely not appropriate. And even then, it’s highly unsanitary!

:eek:

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