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[–] RockBottom@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago

God is stupid and can’t create good genitals as is.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago

No but it is cruel as fuck and rooted in religious bigotry

[–] motruck@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago

Genital mutilation.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 8 points 2 days ago

why the fuck would it? fuck these cunts. Also, quit mutilating kids.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago (1 children)

No but it is cruel and a gross violation of bodily autonomy that should have huge amounts of jail time attached.

[–] maturelemontree@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thank goodness my parents said they would rather have left that choice to me when I was old enough. As an adult, why the fuck would I get circumsized unless you have a specific reason to do it?

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I'm jealous that your parents cared enough to let you decide. I wish mine had done the same.

As for why you would do it willingly I don't know either.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I got the last laugh. I was cut as a newborn, but I still didn't end up with the parts my parents wanted. They took a little snip. I went for the full origami of gender reassignment surgery. 🤣

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Take it one step further, and invent an entirely new set of genitals just to piss them off!

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I went for the pretty standard fem package. But there are folks doing some pretty wild things out there now.

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 168 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Still genital mutiliation and child sex abuse

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 79 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Agree. I’m from Europe and I find it very weird how common it is in the US

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 52 points 4 days ago (7 children)

It's SO common in the US that while growing up I felt ashamed and incredibly self concious of being uncircumsized in high school showers. Life's so strange.

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I’m from the US and didn’t circumcise my son. It’s really simple. Who doesn’t want more penis? I’d take more penis. Penis is all good. Why subtract penis?

When my older brother had a son he DID circumcise him. When I asked why, he gave me this head shake as if to say “huh? what?” and all he said was “that’s just how they do it at the hospital we went to.”

I mean labor and childbirth are a whirlwind so I don’t blame anyone for losing a detail or two. Unless that detail subtracts a part of my penis. Then we gone fight.

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[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 150 points 4 days ago (4 children)

can we still like, stop doing it though ?

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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 days ago

OK but it is still a barbaric practice and I don't see why we allow it. Just because it is culturally accepted does not make it OK.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 76 points 3 days ago (4 children)

You're against circumcision because you believe it causes autism.

I'm against circumcision because I believe genitally mutilating non-consenting infants is an atrocity.

We are not the same.

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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who... how could... what?

... ah.

"Parents have been concerned about this potential circumcision-autism connection, but hopefully these findings may help allay their fears," says senior author Monica McGrath, research professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of Epidemiology...

Ah ok I understand now.

"Parents".

Bigotry against autists is so extreme that idiot religious extremists will actually consider one of their more barbaric, senseless, cherished traditions as negotiable, relative to the utter 'horror' of their children potentially being autistic.

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Right?‽ the logic of this is just so messed up on both ends

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Never thought it did.

Still ain’t right.

[–] homes@piefed.world 89 points 4 days ago (11 children)

What kind of craziness would cause a person to think that it might?

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 75 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Probably the same craziness that causes people to think vaccines cause autism.

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Who else is fine with pretending it does if that results in fewer circumcisions?

[–] Sirius006@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Well, they answered for "just after birth", but what about a week later? Or two? Or a month? Or 2hours and 12 minutes? We don't know anything that. I would not take that risk.

There surely is a way to cause confusion.

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[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 22 points 3 days ago

Stop cutting bits off children, you complete wrong uns.

[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 49 points 3 days ago

But it does mutilate the child's genitals.

[–] HollowNaught@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

...did people think it did?

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[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

No no let them keep believing it so they finally stop mutilating kids.

[–] ActualGrapesTasteGreen@piefed.zip 46 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You needed a study to know that circumcising doesn't cause brain structure differences?

This IS idiocracy.

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[–] arararagi@ani.social 10 points 3 days ago

What? Who are these people that were even linking these two things? I'm actually shocked I can still be surprised by stupidity.

They should still stop doing it though.

[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Who the fuck thought it did?

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

All the people who don't want autism to be genetic.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Can we spread a lie that it does ?

Idk what else will stop people from mutilating their child's genitals.

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[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"Parents have been concerned about this potential circumcision-autism connection, but hopefully these findings may help allay their fears," says senior author Monica McGrath

Dear Dr. McGrath,

Which parents?

Sincerely,

Sane people

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