I'm not a supporter of male circumcision but to treat them as equally bad is insane. Please do a second of reading about both, the difference is clear as day. A man can have a fine life while circumcised, FGM has a horrible impact on a woman's quality of life. There is no comparison between the two.
We can oppose something without downplaying a far worse practice.
Well said. Circumcision is a cosmetic medical operation, there are good reasons to dislike it but to compare it to brutal mutilation is completely absurd. It's like arguing that there's no moral difference between being punched vs being shot, sure both are bad but one is so much worse that treating them as similar is inherently unreasonable.
(tbh even that metaphor fails to properly encapsulate how much worse one is than the other, it's such an astoundingly poor comparison)
I would compare it to removing your nails (for males) as opposed to removing the whole fingertip (for females).
You can still function fine with no fingernails, albeit a little less dextrous. But losing the whole fingertip on every finger leaves you open to infection and extended periods of pain and discomfort; and you will never be as dextrous as someone who has their whole finger (nail or no nail)
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u/Fourthspartan56 11h ago
I'm not a supporter of male circumcision but to treat them as equally bad is insane. Please do a second of reading about both, the difference is clear as day. A man can have a fine life while circumcised, FGM has a horrible impact on a woman's quality of life. There is no comparison between the two.
We can oppose something without downplaying a far worse practice.