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Medically not indicated, irreversible body modifications in Debra DeLaet (2009) has researched the different approaches of the international community for framing male and female circumcision as a child are not covered by parental [[human rights, but can only be decided ]] issue.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=DeLaet |first=Debra L. |init=DL |url=https://www.academia.edu/30794845/ |title=Framing Male Circumcision as a Human Rights Issue? Contributions to the Debate Over the Universality of the children who in adulthood can do whatever they want with their bodyHuman Rights |date=2009 |journal=J Human Rights |volume=8 |pages=405-26 |DOI=10.1080/14754830903324795 |accessdate=2022-10-14}}</ref>
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== "MGM and FGM cannot be compared." ==
Comparisons are legitimate elements of any discussion, since comparison is a basic, perception-based method that leads to finding similarities and differences between topics or objects. It is therefore always legitimate to compare, even if the subjects or objects to be compared do not have the same characteristics. The comparison can lead to the result that the compared topics or objects are the same, or that they are similar or very different.
[[MGM]] stands for ''Male Genital Mutilation''. [[FGM]] stands for ''Female Genital Mutilation''.
The media often only spread part of the information available. Many people e.g. aren't at all aware today that fifty years ago, if at all, people used to speak of ''circumcision'' among women and girls, too. The association of the term ''mutilation'' was accomplished through the emergence of feminism and the political work of the women's movement. Today, based on the WHO classification of the [[FGM]] methods found, it is known that there are the most varied types of [[FGM]] worldwide, ranging from slight incisions on the clitoral hood to the most brutal, actual mutilations. Affected reports such as Waris Dirie's autobiographical novel "Desert Flower" are familiar to many as the common cliché of association with [[FGM]], not least because it was made into a film.
In the media, [[MGM]] has not yet reached the society's consciousness as mutilation this much, especially in the western world. In Europe and e.g. in the USA [[MGM]] is regularly associated with "medical intervention", "operation", "sterile", "small incision", [[phimosis]], "hygienic benefits" and with "religious practice" by Jews and Muslims. Viewed worldwide, there are just as many variants of [[MGM]] as of [[FGM]], many of which would "make us vomit" just as much as the story of the "desert flower". Australian forms of [[MGM]] among the Aborigines ([[Subincision]]) or the [[MGM]] [[Ulwaluko|initiation rites in parts of Africa<ref>http://www.ulwaluko.co.za/Photos.html</ref> ]] have nothing in common with our predominant association. But so far the WHO has not carried out a corresponding classification of the [[MGM]] methods found. The political work of the [[intactivists]] movement has been adjusting this inequally published information since several years and brings the various forms and effects of [[MGM]] into the consciousness of society as well.
All this does not mean that a competition between [[FGM]] and [[MGM]] is permissible in the circumcision debate. The depth of intervention is no valid argument when it comes to the medically not necessary [[circumcision]] of children. Everyone has certain inalienable rights from birth onwards. These also include the right to physical integrity. This right can be interfered with on the basis of medical necessities by e.g. vaccinate or perform a necessary operation that either saves the child's life or significantly improves the quality of life.
Any further discussion could of course be carried out, but this pseudo-argument of incomparability alone effectively invalidates all possible counter-arguments because it appeals to our socially conditioned morality. In the case of non-medically justified [[circumcision]] in both girls and boys, it is immensely important to compare the type of circumcision, the consequences and the reasons in order to be able to identify similarities or differences. The justifications for [[FGM]] are varied and shockingly similar to those presented for [[MGM]].
Anyone who uses this thought-terminating cliché killer argument of non-comparability does not want to face a debate about the meaningfulness of non-medically justified [[circumcision]]. Medically not indicated, irreversible body modifications in a child are not covered by [[parental rights]], but can only be decided of the children who in adulthood can do whatever they want with their body.
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* {{REFweb |url=https://gregmoose.medium.com/double-standards-between-male-and-female-circumcision-821838d04320 |title=Double Standards between Male and Female Circumcision |last=Moose |first=Greg |date=2021-03-05 |accessdate=2021-03-31}}* {{REFweb |url=https://circumcision.org/male-and-female-genital-cutting-compared/ |title=Male and Female Genital Cutting Compared |website=[[Circumcision Resource Center]] |accessdate=2021-03-20}}* {{REFweb |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98f3IavuEgQ |title=Difference Between: Male & Female Circumcision] |website=YouTube |date=2010-07-06 |accessdate=2021-03-31}}
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