Reply #99: Disagree. It is a disgrace that "parents decision" prevails.

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It's his body. They are only temporary stewards of his body, not the owners. Nobody should have surgical jurisdiction over another human being, no matter what the age or relationship. This is why they do it to infants, because they're less prone to object, and it's a good excuse to do some "preemptive attacks" on the patriarchy, just in case Sonny-Boy forgets his place later on. If they waited until he knew what he was about to lose, then they would have some serious problems getting him to conform to "norms".

AS far as FGM are concerned, I agree. It is a barbaric practice. But remember what I said. Every one of these cultures that do this also do it to teenage boys 100% of the time. Some rites of manhood shit. So it's more religious dogma than anything else.

Your boyfriends were conditioned by society to see nothing morally wrong with it. Of course the subject wouldn't come up.