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From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis)
Newsgroups: net.women.only,net.religion
Subject: Re: "sexist" surgery
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Date: Tue, 3-Jan-84 11:10:44 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  3 11:10:44 1984
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Talking about barbaric sexist practices (such as clitoridectomies), think
about the most common bodily mutilation performed by our society -- on
infant *males* -- circumcision! Too bad most `concerned' mothers (who are
equally responsible for forcing this decision on their male children)
aren't required to undergo the equivalent disfiguration!

In case you did not know, the foreskin is a sensitive region of the male
anatomy capable of highly pleasurable sensations that are totally
unattainable once a penis has been so deformed.

Some support this sad practice as `hygienic' -- even though a natural man
with reasonably modern personal habits can expect far fewer hygiene
problems than ANY woman.

Maybe it makes sense as a `trade' for some kind of `spiritual bonus' --
provided, of course, you're Jewish or Islamic.  But why does America's
male-dominated, largely Christian-derived society mutilate the majority of
its own male offspring with this `sexist surgery'?

-michael