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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

I got circumcised as a kid. We went to an upmarket jewish practicioner who botched the job because he was used to doing it on younger kids, and then blamed my parents culture for leaving it too late.

We went to the NHS who thankfully saved my penis (he's fine, thriving even) and I'm forever grateful to them for doing the procedure correctly instead of winging like that upmarket cunt did.

In retrospect, I like the way it looks, but if I had a kid I'd definitely spare them the ordeal of it. I also have mixed feelings about it not being supported on the NHS since the danger of it going wrong in the hands of private is way higher than say getting a nose piercing - as in, if it's to be done anyway, might as well have it done in a sanitary hospital with qualified surgeons

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[+] Swaus01@piefed.social 2 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

Cultural reasons mostly, like getting your kid christened to appease that one grandparent, whilst you yourself nor your partner have ever set foot in a church

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 8 months ago

Alternatively, it can one of the good ones if a change requires consensus.

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[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago

funny thing is, many religious jews don't consider the hospital circumcision as a real one anyways.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz [S] 0 points 8 months ago

no, not mine

They probably were, the Barnett formula means England effectively subsidises Scotland.

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 8 months ago

Scottish NHS calls for end to funding for religious genital mutilation

Fixed that for you

[–] rogsson@piefed.social 12 points 8 months ago

Mutilating baby boys being legal is pure insanity. Hope the rest of the Neanderthals in the world follows.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They shouldn't just remove funding for it, they should make it illegal. In general, children should have autonomy over their own bodies - whether it be in the case of genital mutilation (of any sex or gender), taking puberty blockers, overriding parental lack of consent to get immunisations, etc

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[–] HermitBee@feddit.uk 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

children should have autonomy over their own bodies ... overriding parental lack of consent to get immunisations, etc

This is interesting. Everything you've said I agree with, but I wonder if that's just because I agree with those things.

For example, I don't believe that children should be able to override their parents' wishes and skip immunisations. And I'm not sure at what age it is appropriate to allow a child to opt to be circumcised for decorative or religious reasons.

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

In my opinion, it is appropriate to allow a child to make irreversible surgical decisions about their body once they are at least pubescent, and can demonstrate full informed consent about the procedure

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 8 months ago

18, the legal age of medical consent in most countries.

Meanwhile, let's teach boys basic hygiene.

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[–] dxgsthrr@feddit.uk 6 points 8 months ago

If Scotland is the only nation doing this, then I would support removing funding for this. It is not a medical procedure. It is a religious procedure that can lead to health issues if done improperly, but then so is ear piercing.