"Furthermore, acts of violence perpetrated against women have an entirely different cultural and political resonance than acts of violence perpetrated against men, because of the inherent power differential between the two sexes. Anyone who is interested in the liberation of oppressed classes should welcome discourse relating to the unique issues raised by violence against women."
Indeed, I am not denying that some of your statement be true. But when Shaina attempts to minimize Male Genital Mutilation as she did with, and i quote
"Where did you get the impression that removing the clitoral hood is equivalent to removing penile foreskin in terms of the risk of pain, disfigurement, and health problems? Can you illustrate the ways in which American males experience negative long-term side effects of circumcision? Are males able to achieve orgasm after circumcision? How often are circumcisions performed past the age of four?"
It's as if she is saying cutting off 4 fingers is bad, but if you cut of only 2 it's not as bad as cutting off 4.
There are far lighter versions of female circumcision which only involve a slight nick of the clitoral hood. And there are far more extreme versions of male circumcision performed in Africa which i myself am trying to forget even exist.
The point of the matter of the original poster wasn't to try and steal the spotlight, it was to inform that Females ARE NOT the only ones having their genitals mutilated/sexuality attacked. That Genital Mutilation of ANY sort should be outlawed. That a vulva is no more worthy of protection from the knife than a penis.
If you feel you must decide which is the greater evil. (of which in this case they are both atrocious and immoral) Which is worse, 4 million people who have one finger cut off Unjustly , or 1 million people who have four fingers cut off unjustly.
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"Furthermore, acts of violence perpetrated against women have an entirely different cultural and political resonance than acts of violence perpetrated against men, because of the inherent power differential between the two sexes. Anyone who is interested in the liberation of oppressed classes should welcome discourse relating to the unique issues raised by violence against women."
Indeed, I am not denying that some of your statement be true. But when Shaina attempts to minimize Male Genital Mutilation as she did with, and i quote
"Where did you get the impression that removing the clitoral hood is equivalent to removing penile foreskin in terms of the risk of pain, disfigurement, and health problems? Can you illustrate the ways in which American males experience negative long-term side effects of circumcision? Are males able to achieve orgasm after circumcision? How often are circumcisions performed past the age of four?"
It's as if she is saying cutting off 4 fingers is bad, but if you cut of only 2 it's not as bad as cutting off 4.
There are far lighter versions of female circumcision which only involve a slight nick of the clitoral hood. And there are far more extreme versions of male circumcision performed in Africa which i myself am trying to forget even exist.
The point of the matter of the original poster wasn't to try and steal the spotlight, it was to inform that Females ARE NOT the only ones having their genitals mutilated/sexuality attacked. That Genital Mutilation of ANY sort should be outlawed. That a vulva is no more worthy of protection from the knife than a penis.
If you feel you must decide which is the greater evil. (of which in this case they are both atrocious and immoral) Which is worse, 4 million people who have one finger cut off Unjustly , or 1 million people who have four fingers cut off unjustly.
ALL GENITAL MUTILATION MUST END.
November 5, 2009 - 2:05pmThis Comment
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