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[[File:Finger weg von meinem Pimmel.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Finger weg von meinem Pimmel.jpg|thumb|"Hands off my dick" (German campaign slogan)<ref>{{REFnews | ||
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The circumcision of the female genitals in particular attracts a great deal of attention from the "concern industry". What is new for many is the fact that circumcision of the male genitalia also leads to numerous [[death]] cases worldwide or causes lifelong suffering. While male circumcision is primarily a ritual tradition in the so-called "Third World", routine circumcision of boys immediately after birth has become a lucrative practice in the United States of America on which a large number of jobs and careers depend directly and indirectly. What connects the medicine man on the Solomon Islands with the hypermodern doctor in the USA: Both of them commit suicide on children without any medical indication. There is no medical necessity which, according to German law, makes a surgical intervention in the first place an [[Impunity|exemption from punishment]].<ref name="Intaktiv">{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intaktiv.de/ | |||
|title=Eine Stimme für genitale Selbstbestimmung | |||
|url= | |trans-title=A voice for genital self-determination | ||
|title= | |language=German | ||
|website=Intaktiv | |website=[[Intaktiv]] | ||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
[[File:Recht auf Beschneidung.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Recht auf Beschneidung.jpg|thumb|The kowtow of the Bundestag for genital mutilation of boys<br>Source: Jacques Tilly / giordano-bruno-stiftung.de]] | ||
[[File:ErzaehlmirNix - Beschneidungsargumentation.jpg|thumb| | [[File:ErzaehlmirNix - Beschneidungsargumentation.jpg|thumb|Circumcision argumentation, explained by [[Nadja Hermann|ErzaehlmirNix]]]] | ||
== Short and sweet == | == Short and sweet == | ||
* | * Wherever there is female genital mutilation, there is also the male form; the other way round does not apply.<ref name="Vafk-Broschure"/> | ||
* | * Reasons include: To be more attractive to women in order to be able to satisfy them better. | ||
* | * Male genital mutilation IS comparable to female genital mutilation. | ||
* | * Effects on psyche (trauma), [[sexuality]] and health (partial / complete loss of [[penis]], [[death]]) | ||
* Extreme | * Extreme forms are little known: skinning the penis, crushing a [[testicle]] | ||
* | * Male circumcision as a weapon in the "war of the sperm"<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url= | |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14069-male-circumcision-is-a-weapon-in-the-sperm-wars/ | ||
|title=Männliche Beschneidung als Waffe im "Krieg der Spermien" | |title=Männliche Beschneidung als Waffe im "Krieg der Spermien" | ||
|trans-title=Male circumcision as a weapon in the "war of the sperm" | |||
|language=German | |||
|website=NewScientist | |||
|date=2008-06-05 | |||
|accessdate=2021-11-12 | |||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
* | * Small piece of skin? - If the foreskin is completely removed, the largest part (!) of the penis skin is removed. | ||
=== Current situation === | === Current situation === | ||
<!-- [[File:GenitalverstPlakat.jpg|thumb| | <!-- [[File:GenitalverstPlakat.jpg|thumb|Protection against genital mutilation: boys excluded!]] --> | ||
''' | '''Boys Discriminatory Bill''' 2nd Quarter 2009 | ||
It deliberately prevents boys from being protected from genital mutilation and thus promotes violence against boys. | |||
Boys are thus granted fewer [[human rights]] than girls. [[Mayhem|Bodily harm]] against girls are thus given a criminal offense of their own, while bodily harm against boys, for which the same reasoning would apply, is ignored.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=http://www.manndat.de/maennergesundheit/schreiben-an-bundestagsabgeordnete-zum-gesetzentwurf-genitalverstuemmelung.html | |||
|title=MANNdat-Schreiben an Bundestagsabgeordnete vom 07.06.2009 | |||
|trans-title=MANNdat letter to members of the Bundestag from June 7, 2009 | |||
|language=German | |||
|date=2009-07-06 | |||
|accessdate=2021-11-12 | |||
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=http://www.manndat.de/maennergesundheit/offener-brief-gegen-beschneidungsgesetz.html | |||
|title=Offener Brief gegen Beschneidungsgesetz vom 05.03.2010 | |||
|trans-title=Open letter against the Circumcision Act of March 5, 2010 | |||
|language=German | |||
|date=2010-03-05 | |||
|accessdate=2021-11-12 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
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In Art. 24 Abs. 3 der [[UN-Kinderrechtskonvention]], die Deutschland mit unterzeichnet hat, steht klar und deutlich: | |||
In Art. | |||
: ''"Die Vertragsstaaten treffen alle wirksamen und geeigneten Maßnahmen, um überlieferte Bräuche, die für die Gesundheit der Kinder schädlich sind, abzuschaffen."''<ref>{{REFweb | : ''"Die Vertragsstaaten treffen alle wirksamen und geeigneten Maßnahmen, um überlieferte Bräuche, die für die Gesundheit der Kinder schädlich sind, abzuschaffen."''<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=http://www.kinderaerzte-im-netz.de/bvkj/aktuelles1/show.php3?id=4277&nodeid=26 | |url=http://www.kinderaerzte-im-netz.de/bvkj/aktuelles1/show.php3?id=4277&nodeid=26 | ||