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Erez Buki's avatar

Gentiles can do what they want with their penises. I wouldn’t suggest circumcision to them. However, it is a cultural imperative to circumcise Jewish boys at 8 days. It doesn’t have to be rational, medical, or ethical. It’s just what Jews do. Mind your own penis, Hanania.

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Norman Siebrasse's avatar

As a circumcised man who has had a very satisfactory life, I agree that circumcision is a bad idea and parents should stop doing it to their infants, but I am not going to hyperventilate about it. A slow trend away seems like the right response. Calling it "barbaric" and comparing it to FGM strikes me as just trolling, not truth seeking. My understanding is that FGM ranges from a symbolic cut, which is comparable to circumcision, to far more extreme practices, which definitely are not.

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