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  • I've never heard a woman say they did or would have their baby boy circumcised because uncircumcised penises are gross, or any other version of aesthetic reasons. The religious reasons are rooted in the patriarchy, as is the "need" to look like one's father and male relatives.

    In the case of female circumcision, it's a way of enforcing the position of women as property, making it more apparent if she's ever had sex so her virginity can be sold to her husband. In its most extreme forms it can require she be cut open in order to give birth, and resewn each time. It can block clumps of menstrual blood and lead to infection and sepsis. In less extreme versions it can prevent her from feeling any pleasure during sex, in order to prevent her from having any except that imposed by her husband.

  • I feel like your argument loses something by being stated backwards. It (and Hacksaws reply) comes off sounding like you are more angry at women than the patriarchy and want to be able to mutilate and body shame them. Rather than what I hope and assume is the case, that you want all genitals protected from mutilation and shaming.

  • The government has no proof the mothers made that decision because they never had any contact with a lawyer or a court, and when one father managed to call his wife they cut off the call in less than a minute, as soon as he tried to tell her his lawyer's number. The only option the mother was given besides taking her baby with her was to hand it over to the same ICE agents who had kidnapped them, and we all know how well that went last time.

  • Add-on question: when using a fork, do you put the points on the plate (or stab a piece) and then use your knife to push food onto the downward curve of the tines (I would say the back but that's because I don't do this) and lift it points-down?

    Or do you carry food on the concave curve of the tines (as well as stabbed on the points of course) and lift it points-up?

    This is cultural, neither is incorrect, but it might affect your choice of fork. Whether you switch hands or keep it entirely in your left might also make a difference.