Why is male circ for religious reasons ok, but not female?

**bada** · 10-09-2009 23:05

Why the double standard?

Regardless of the details of each procedure, why do some people respect a Jewish parent's choice to circumcise their infant son, yet the same people condemn a Muslim parent's choice to circumcise (FGC) their infant daughter?

**sockstealingpoltergeist** · 10-09-2009 23:11

Because you can't do such things to girls, that would be horrific.

I have no idea why.

**MummaBear03** · 10-09-2009 23:17

My guess is that 10 years from now, there will be threads on BH (if it's still around lol) saying "I can't believe they used to circumcise boys, and not that long ago either!" but that's still another decade of boys being circ'd. We say that now about the female equivalent, yet in the past it probably was something that wasn't really thought of too much, it just was.

**twotrunks** · 10-09-2009 23:40

I would really like to know too, but from the other thread it appears the people who are defending their right to RIC because of religion, are not game to answer the question about girls...
please somebody who believes in RIC for boys respond!!

**Looshkin** · 10-09-2009 23:51

I believe it is because society wants to "*protect" women more than it does men.

So it has not become a totally unacceptable, unnecessary procedure.

*Protect could easily be replaced with a more accurate word.

**JBRxxx** · 11-09-2009 00:19

Originally Posted by bada-bing bada-boom

Why the double standard?

Regardless of the details of each procedure, why do some people respect a Jewish parent's choice to circumcise their infant son, yet the same people condemn a Muslim parent's choice to circumcise (FGC) their infant daughter?

Are you for real? Male circumcision is a quick snip snip. Female circumcision is body modification. How can you even say regardless of the procedure? That is what makes it so different. Too add, it is not only infants. It can be girls up until the age of 15.

For the record, it is not only the jewish that circumcise boys. My husband is circumsized, and he isn't jewish.

**andrewJ** · 11-09-2009 01:18

Originally Posted by JBRxxx

Are you for real? Male circumcision is a quick snip snip. Female circumcision is body modification. How can you even say regardless of the procedure? That is what makes it so different.

there are a number of types of female circumcision. some more damaging than male circ, some less damaging, and one type exactly the same.
all are illegal on a girl, even a symbolic pin prick.

t is not only infants. It can be girls up until the age of 15.

as it can be for boys. - irrelevant

btw, male circ is mutilation too

**firsttimemumvmr** · 11-09-2009 03:35

btw, male circ is body mutilation too[/QUOTE]

Just as a matter of interest, and please don't feel obliged to answer if you find this too personal, but what specifically makes you feel that strongly? I assume that this was done to you when you were too young to consent, correct me if I'm wrong. Since this is a concern of mine in case my child feels like this if we go ahead, I just wanted to know.DH had it done as a child and he's perfectly happy. I do wonder if reading a lot of anti articles etc have made you feel like missing out and on what aspects specifically.

**Lil M** · 11-09-2009 05:05

From what I understood female circ can be damaging & cause loss of feeling in the area ie you'd be unable to enjoy sex as much. (Please correct me if I'm wrong) Male circ does not cause the same kind of problems. I think that's the difference. By the way DP, his father, my father & all his brothers had it done & none of them are unhappy about it.(none of them are Jewish either)

**Cicho** · 11-09-2009 06:41

Originally Posted by Lil M

From what I understood female circ can be damaging & cause loss of feeling in the area ie you'd be unable to enjoy sex as much. (Please correct me if I'm wrong) Male circ does not cause the same kind of problems. I think that's the difference. By the way DP, his father, my father & all his brothers had it done & none of them are unhappy about it.(none of them are Jewish either)

Isn't that why some religions circumcise girls? So they don't feel pleasure?

Just goes to show how second rate females are in some countries... But that's a whole new thread and I'm not going there