• bluewing@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    In case you missed it, I originally did say that circumcision should require consent. But sadly, being a newborn male, (and sometimes female in certain places and cultures), just means you consent to some things automatically just by existing and being there.

    Now, whether that cultural opinion is right or wrong or fair is a whole 'nother argument.

    • BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      That’s not how consent works though. “Being a woman in saudi arabia you just automatically consent to being raped if you don’t wear a burka” see how ridiculous it sounds? If you’re not consenting you’re not consenting. The fact that it happens anyways doesn’t magically make it consensual.