FGM
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I know a lot about FGM.
My wife had to do a course a few weeks back, I did it too to help her do the test.
Teachers have a mandatory reporting duty if they suspect a child may have been subjected to FGM.
Egypt is the country with the highest number in the world 87%
There are 4 types of FGM
I could go on and on.......
My wife had to do a course a few weeks back, I did it too to help her do the test.
Teachers have a mandatory reporting duty if they suspect a child may have been subjected to FGM.
Egypt is the country with the highest number in the world 87%
There are 4 types of FGM
I could go on and on.......
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EddieM
Millions of boys suffer MGM too. It's known colloquially as circumcision.
Not really equivalent.
A comparison of FGM in a man would be chopping off the whole head of the penis.
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EddieM
It's not a pi55ing contest, it's still mutilation of a boy who is given no choice in the matter.
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sodthisforfun
Yep, babies being mutilated with no choice is disgusting. If anyone wishes to be circumcised it should be a choice as an adult.
But.. most boys don't end up with lifelong pain.
There can be health benefits of circumcision, as well as a procedure that can be still carried out in the UK if there is a medical reason for it.
FGM has no health benefits afaik.
It leaves girls/women with lifelong pain
It's not available on the NHS, in fact, it's banned in the UK.
So, it's not really a peeing competition I agree! They're not really the same imo.
I saw what you did there
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EddieM
I know they're not the same and FGM is far more gruesome with lifetime negative effects.
Yes, sometimes it is medically necessary to circumcise a male.
No I don't believe there are proven health benefits to being circumcised, the only research I found supporting it was funded by a certain group.
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sodthisforfun
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/circumcision-in-men/
What group was that? If it's any religious group, then I think it should be banned for religious reasons.
I just looked at the NHS for health benefits.
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EddieM
I believe it was funded by a group from Israel. I'm not sure about the HIV thing, but that's still no reason to mutilate a baby.
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sodthisforfun
Quite agree. It should only be done, by choice, as an adult - for whatever reason imo.
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EddieM
I suppose my point would be that the disgusting practise of FGM is rightly illegal in the UK, but I strongly believe circumcision for non medical reasons should also be illegal, unless it is an adult individuals choice.
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sodthisforfun
I think there was a prosecution in the UK, first of it's kind? Remember reading about it some while ago. Changing the law will help those kids in the UK eventually..
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