Re:Social contagions can cause genuine illness, and TikTok m...
by haswell on Sunday January 08, 2023 @12:27PM
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Murder and bank robbery are fundamentally criminal acts. There is no version of these acts that become acceptable upon reaching the age of majority.
Calling out the fact that the majority of sex change operations happen at the behest of an adult who elects to have the operation is not derailing the discussion, but inserting a rather critical point of context when examining the issue broadly.
That doesn't mean the concern about minors is not legitimate, but clarifies that the conversation is much broader than this subset.
> Neither male nor female circumcision affects the ability to have children.
Why is this relevant? I have not been mutilated, but I choose not to have children either. I haven't yet undergone a vasectomy, but plan to do so at some point in the future so I don't have to worry about it. But this seems like a non-sequitur, unless you're implying there is some moral compulsion to procreate.
> Female circumcision is forbidden almost everywhere.
It's estimated that ~200 million girls/women alive today have undergone FGM, and a significant number still undergo this yearly. While the practice is in decline in many places, there are countries where no such decline has started.
But regardless of that, it's an orthogonal issue, and no more belongs in a conversation about sex change operations than bringing up ritual organ harvesting in a conversation about appendectomies.
> Too much apologia of child abuse!
Again, acknowledging that surgery is often necessary is not the equivalent of apologizing for non-consensual ritual sadism.
Calling out the fact that the majority of sex change operations happen at the behest of an adult who elects to have the operation is not derailing the discussion, but inserting a rather critical point of context when examining the issue broadly.
That doesn't mean the concern about minors is not legitimate, but clarifies that the conversation is much broader than this subset.
> Neither male nor female circumcision affects the ability to have children.
Why is this relevant? I have not been mutilated, but I choose not to have children either. I haven't yet undergone a vasectomy, but plan to do so at some point in the future so I don't have to worry about it. But this seems like a non-sequitur, unless you're implying there is some moral compulsion to procreate.
> Female circumcision is forbidden almost everywhere.
It's estimated that ~200 million girls/women alive today have undergone FGM, and a significant number still undergo this yearly. While the practice is in decline in many places, there are countries where no such decline has started.
But regardless of that, it's an orthogonal issue, and no more belongs in a conversation about sex change operations than bringing up ritual organ harvesting in a conversation about appendectomies.
> Too much apologia of child abuse!
Again, acknowledging that surgery is often necessary is not the equivalent of apologizing for non-consensual ritual sadism.