boys and girls have foreskins, boys' are just bigger, why is their removal banned for girls but not for boys?

Question

the male foreskin is quite large compared to the female foreskin.

it covers the whole glans and then some.

the female foreskin is quite small by comparison, covering the clitoris. some call it the 'clitoral hood'.

if this is the case, then why is foreskin removal banned for girls, but not boys?

based on the size alone, surely you would ban it first for boys.

because it is bigger, it also causes more pain to cut it off. another reason to ban it first for boys.

additionally, the foreskin plays a more prominant role in sex for males than for females. it contains about half of the nerve endings activated during sex for males.

for females' foreskins, this is not the case.

i am very glad at least one half of humanity, females, are protected from needless, routine sexual surgery. this has been around since the dawn of time for some reason and signifies a great leap for humanity in becoming civilised.

however, i think these questions still need to be asked. hopefully it will be banned for boys too.

i agree that females' foreskin does play a part in sexual pleasure and is a very important part of the anatomy that should under no circumstances be routinely cut off, however, based on the size differences and related differences in nerve endings and function, it does not quite measure up (pardon the pun) that routine male foreskin removal should not also be banned.

btw i got the following answer to this before: "To remove a 'clitoral hood' would leave the woman's clitoris open to constant friction aginst her clothing. Not a good idea."

this is what happens to guys as well though, you expose the glans to friction against clothing, which will at least be painful to start with as the glans is meant to be an internal organ and this is where the nerve endings specialised for pain are concentrated

Answer 1

it should not be removed for either! think about your childs(sexual) future for god's sake! however, it is not banned because of religious reasons. if someone wanted to remove their daughter's foreskin for religious reasons, I bet they would allow it.

Answer 2

do you realize that the issue of banning female circumcission is not about the clit foreskin. read somewhere what female circumcission actually means and you will realize that it doesnot measure up with boys and that it should be banned. quite often it mens removal of clitoris itself (or mutilation of it)

btw - the guy who said that the removal of clitorial hood (and nothing else) would led to friction of clitoris and CLOTHES probably doesnot know where clitoris happens to be located

Answer 3

There is no point in the removal of female foreskin, but there is in case of men. Of course, it's not necessary to remove usually but sometimes it is.

Answer 4

It's rather shallow to impose a ban based only on gender equality isn't it?

Fyi, circumcision of females has been scientifically proven to led to complications when they give birth later.

Answer 5

Removing of the foreskin was started as a religous thing. jewish to be exact i think, thats about all i know.