Female circumcision is considered genital mutilation, but male circumcision is considered an acceptable...?

Question

religious act. Why?

I am NOT arguing for female circumcision, and please no long-winded biblical passages.

Answer 1

I think it's horrible for either sex. Why would males be born with flesh that is made to cut off? Doesn't make sense!

It's mutilation with a different name!

The "medical reason" argument is a crock! Bathing daily does the trick.

And for saying there is a greater chance of catching an STD, someone having sex without a condom obviosuly is not concerned about STDs.

Answer 2

Overreaction. Circumcision of male newborns is not comparable to FGM at puberty. It doesn't take too many brain cells to work that one out. The purpose is totally different. The surgical procedure is totally different. The outcomes are totally different. The reasoning is totally different. The effects are totally different. One is a barbaric mutilation to control the sexual activity of women in societies where women are owned by men, literally treated as possessions like you would own a horse or camel. The other is designed to improve the health of the newborn and to prevent disease as he gets older. One is done with the intent of deliberately damaging the human body, the other to enhance it. How can you compare the pleasure of sex with and without a foreskin? It can't be done. It is an assumption that without a foreskin, sex is less pleasurable. I doubt it. Sexual pleasure is almost entirely in the mind (90%) and technique. Women have as much right to have an opinion on circumcizing infants as men. It takes two parents to make a child. Both have responsibility. Male circumcision is a non issue.

Answer 3

I usually avoid Bible verses unless necessary to answer a question -
about yours.... male circumcision was done Biblically, but after Christ was crucified, thats one of those rituals no longer needed for that particular purpose; Religious circumcision has no gender intended - it is circumcision of the heart.
That said, it is done regardless of religion;
it is done today for medical reasons, for cleanliness. It would be a nesting ground for unfathomable types of bacteria. My son was done in the hospital right after birth, and they didn't ask me first if I was of a specific religion in order to do it.
Female circumcism is genital mutilation;
when a male is done, it does not affect the operations of the penis; but with a female,
it destroys all the nerves that would provide pleasure; also, if you ever saw the documentary they have on Discovery channel about girls who are done in tribes
in North Africa, you would see that they don't even wash off the razor blade - and,
theres no pain killers or antibiotics given - nothing. They just scream and bleed, and these are female "children", about the age of 10-11.
None of this has anything whatsoever to do with religion is my point.
The reason they said females are "done" is so that they will concentrate on raising the family and doing the work needed, instead of thinking about pleasuring themselves.
Its pretty harsh.

Answer 4

religious act. Why?

According to Genesis, God told Abraham to circumcise himself, his household and his slaves as an everlasting covenant in their flesh. Those who were not circumcised were to be 'cut off' from their people (Genesis 17:10-14).

Should Christians follow the Law of Moses?

Christians were freed from the Law, including circumcision. (Acts 15:1-20).

Answer 5

its starting to lose acceptability in the US..slowly. My insurance won't cover a male circumcision, but it did seven years ago. I do know people argue that it is for health reasons, they tell me, though I don't know if I agree, that uncircumcised babies are more prone to infection. whereas female circumcision is to prevent the woman from enjoying sex therefore preventing them from sleeping around. In short, the reason for the circumcision is what makes one more acceptable than the other.

Answer 6

female "circumcision" is usually a misnomer, mutilation is a better word. the entire clitoris is removed (often without anesthetic, sometimes with a piece of glass), the inner labia are removed, and the outter labia are sewn together to leave only a small opening for urination. it results in many health problems, infection from not only the surgery but later. problems with urination, menstration, child birth, and intercourse (which is painful, not enjoyable at all--and the husband actually uses a knife on the wedding night).
(female "circumcision" is actual more like a male getting his penis cut off)

Answer 7

Well a male genitals uncircumcised have this for skin hanging off of it that holds *** and germs during sex and when bathing
A woman genitals clitoris sole purpose is for pleasure during sex and does not affect her health in any ways that's the reason it's considered mutilation to tear it off
My understanding and observations

Answer 8

There's always one who has to open up that old "female circumcision" box, isn't there?

And what everyone else said - there are valid arguments in the case of males, and none whatsoever in the case of females.

Answer 9

Well, male circumcision does not affect a man's ability to have an orgasm. In a female it does...it's purpose is to keep her from being sexually promiscuous...so the motivation is one of control.

The male circumcision is not intended that way at all.

Answer 10

Well, they are done for very different reasons.

Male circumcision is related to ideas of cleanliness.

Female circumcision is done to prevent women from having sexual pleasure, to satisfy some wierd male idea of aesthetics, or to provide more sexual pleasure for the man.

Read more here: (be prepared, it's pretty awful):

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs241/en/