Honestly?
Because I believe that the very act of circumcision contributes directly to the perpetration of those other abuses.
They stimulate the newborn's penis, then cut part of it off with inadequate anesthetic, if any.
Then they wonder why so many rapes happen. Why so many men are aroused by violence.
I wonder.
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Look, I'm against routine infant circumcision, too, but when you start making whacko claims about it like this, you're not doing your side any favors.
"They stimulate the newborn's penis, then cut part of it off with inadequate anesthetic, if any.
Then they wonder why so many rapes happen. Why so many men are aroused by violence.
I wonder."
This should be easy to prove if it were true. We'd just compare the rate of rape in britain (where circumcision is illegal) with america (where it's legal) and if you're right america should have a notably higher rate of rape than britain.
[redacted TMI], and neither have others I've known. Rape has nothing to do with what bits you happen to have removed, nor does a tendency towards violence.
Are you proposing a Ballbricker-style study of the prison population?
A baby's not going to remember. It's still an awful experience for the poor tot but I doubt your hypothetical rapist will remember life as a newborn.
To me, FGM is scarier.
Male Circumcision, though misguided, at least was in the beginning, based on concepts of cleanliness and disease-prevention in an ancient, less hygienic society and involves removing a small piece of skin.
Female "Circumcision" is unnecessary and a horrific tool of misogynistic control, involves some hardcore disfigurement and a woman is rendered unable to feel sexual pleasure.
Circumcision is a goofy idea. I'd imagine there's a purpose for a foreskin. It wouldn't be there if there wasn't.
And this jazz about rape is stupid!
I despise infant circumcision, and wish to ban it, but this is NOT why.
Also, I don't think there are that many men who are aroused by violence.
So....they have one event in infancy, and it just eats away at them for the next double of decades, then....
Do you have children? How many times do you have to tell them anything before they remember to do it? How many times do you have to tell them to stay in the yard, don't run into the road, don't tease the dog, don't wake daddy from his nap, and eat your peas or you get no cookie? Did you just tell them once, and it was never a problem again?
Mmm-hmm.
Right stance, bafflingly wrong reason.
@Churchy LaFemme:
Either you assume about your brothers far more than you rightly can or you truly know far, far more about them than you really should.
I am living proof that you are full of crap.
My mother had me circumcised at birth for misguided reasons. I have never, and would never, sexually assault anyone. My abuser was uncircumcised, however. (Catholic, you know.) And one of my partners, a professional dominatrix, is aroused by various forms of violence.
While too many men are sexual abusers, and newborn circumcision needs to stop*, your "reasoning" has no basis in fact and no evidence to support it.
*if you want it done as an adult, go for it - like getting a piercing or tattoo!
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