Super19 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I've always found it funny that people think female circumcision is cruel (which it is) but male circumcision isn't. It isn't your body, so why should it be your decision ? Both also reduce pleasure. A teeny bit off topic but I once was in a heated discussion about circumcision (the guy was for it and I was against it) and I accidentally blurted out "well are you circumcised?" in front of the entire class... he actually answered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super19 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 No, it's a matter of when legally life is said to begin. And a fetus =/= foreskin, or vice versa. Apples and oranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Because one is a western tradition (male circumcision) and the other (female circumcision) is primarily African and Arab, that's why we think only female circumcision is backwards and barbaric but male circumcision is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 No. Male circumcision is also an arab and muslim tradition. The difference is female circumcision has severe long term effects on a female's ability to have and enjoy sex. Male circucision is a quick procedure that heals in days and has no long term effects on sexual ability or enjoyment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Did I insert 'lol' after it, to give you the impression it wasn't a serious question?? You're right....it's the foreskin and clitoris are not 'analogous'.....but are in fact homologous. Is that a serious enough answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm a mutant. I was born without a foreskin. My five brothers got snipped with no complications though. Were they just lucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super19 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 No. Male circumcision is also an arab and muslim tradition. The difference is female circumcision has severe long term effects on a female's ability to have and enjoy sex. Male circucision is a quick procedure that heals in days and has no long term effects on sexual ability or enjoyment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super19 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I think the more important question you should be asking is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Male circumcision is an Abrahamic tradition , Muslims follows this as well, as Islam is a religion of the West. Yes Arabs do this as well, but male circumcision is also practiced in the West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super19 Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Islam is a religion of the West? Nobody outside the West practices islam? really? You'd better not tell people in Africa, Pakistan, and Indonesia about this. Islam started in Saudi Arabia, I'm not sure that fits squarely within the definition of the "West". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Your answer actually disproves your point. The clitoral hood actually has the effect of covering the clitoris and preventing it from getting stimulating. Women with overly developed clitoral hoods actually get operations to make them smaller, so that they can have better access to the clitoris and enjoy sex more. The point of female circumcision is to reduce a woman's pleasure and desire from sex. So removal of the foreskin, which as you say is analgous to the clitoral hood, is in no way analogous to female genital mutilation. http://www.labiaplas..._reducation.htm Not the same thing as female "circumcision". As I previously stated, female genital mutilation would be analgous to removing the head and a portion of the shaft of the penis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 No Sharp, his problem isn't lack of comprehension. They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, so let me picture for you the real problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 No Sharp, his problem isn't lack of comprehension. They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, so let me picture for you the real problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Nice to see you browsing around the net for pictures of babies' bottoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Removing the female's clitoral hood is analagous to the removal of the male's foreskin, since the foreskin is homologous to the clitoral hood. The problem you have is that you don't understand the complete definition of the word 'analgous' or 'homologous', when talking in the terms of biology vs everyday meaning of the word analogous, and you are conflating the meaning of analogous between the two body parts, with the removal of the two body parts. It can be correctly said that removing or circumcising the foreskin IS analgous to the removing and of the clitoral hood....however, the two structures(clitoral hood and foreskin) are NOT analogous, meaning that they perform a similar function, but have a different evolutionary origin.... Analogous: VS Analogous ...when in fact, both those structures, have the same same evolutionary origin AND perform a similar function or share similar properties. again......one more time.... BOTH are forms of circumcision in males and females respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Nice to see you browsing around the net for pictures of babies' bottoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 Well, he's obviously not posting from work. Hey Sharp, mind going upstairs to see what your mom's doing later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Light Racicot Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 The problem is that you are railing against everything. How about putting up something positive instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 \ Well it's a good thing we were having a debate in English and not limited to the field of Biology then..... So basically after being horibly slaughtered in an argument and exposed for nowing absolutely nothing on the subject, you decide to then randomly limit this argument to biological definitions? Even then you could argue that the clitoral hood vs. foreskin is biologically analagous as male and female genetalia evovled in unison but are indeed seperate organs that evolved seperately. Both the clitoral hood and foreskin perform a similar role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drybone Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I just want to take the time to say I truly and honestly love all of you guys. Youre all invited over for Christmas dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.