intersexed_genital_mutilation dipperwell Let's not forget what we do to people who don't fit neatly into the male/female dualism, and the psychological repercussions of *that*. A lot worse than circumcision, fyi. Anyway, even through male circumcision is more common, it's significantly less physically and emotionally harmful than female genital mutilaton. Circumcision does not generally entail cutting off the head of your dick with a shard of glass or a knife so that you cannot experience pleasure, and then sewing your urethra slit almost shut so that passing anything - urine, blood, whatever is even remotely analogous to a baby - is so excruciating (not to mention rip-inducing) that you may very well die. Not the same, my friend. Not to mention that in our absurdist post-modern culture, many will argue that because it is tied to ethnicity, we have no right to mess with it. I'm not saying I approve of circumcision. 060112 ... mos i would say that cutting anything from your sex - apart from pubes - is just plainly fucked up. yes, yes it is. 060112 ... dipperwell And when it comes to the pubes: if a guy wants me to shave underneath to make cunnilingus easier, I'd probably oblige. But if he wants me bare simply on principle or for the aesthetic, he'd better take the razor to his own pubes as well. But I wouldn't want to ever get sexually involved with a non-feminist man anyway. 060113 what's it to you? who go blather from