Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoIn a global first, Gambia could reverse its ban on female genital cuttingapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down19
arrow-up1129arrow-down1external-linkIn a global first, Gambia could reverse its ban on female genital cuttingapnews.comRapidcreek@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareabort_christian_babies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoGenital mutilation is genital mutilation. It’s fucked up, wrong, and should be criminal unless the receiving individual requests and consents to it. Full stop.
minus-squarei_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·8 months agoEven if they’re both wrong, it’s worth mentioning. It’s much more common for people to have experience with one than the other. If you think “oh, it’s just like circumcision so it isn’t that bad” then you’re getting the wrong idea.
minus-squareRazorsLedge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·8 months agoWhile that’s true, one is still worse than the other.
Genital mutilation is genital mutilation.
It’s fucked up, wrong, and should be criminal unless the receiving individual requests and consents to it.
Full stop.
Even if they’re both wrong, it’s worth mentioning. It’s much more common for people to have experience with one than the other. If you think “oh, it’s just like circumcision so it isn’t that bad” then you’re getting the wrong idea.
While that’s true, one is still worse than the other.