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*: Many parents argue that foreskin amputation in young boys is legal because it has been done for many years, centuries, or even millennia. Modern case law makes it clear that tradition does not create a legal claim. Other violations of [[human rights]] such as rape, stoning, slavery, etc. have also been done for a long time - which does not legalize them.
* '''"Circumcision of boys is legal because it isn't punished."'''
*: With the exception of Germany, we do not know of any other country worldwide that would explicitly allow genital mutilation of children without [[medical indication]]. On the contrary, bodily harm is punishable in all countries unless it is medically indicated. The [[German Circumcision Act]] is seen very controversial and ineffective for several reasons: on the one hand it is obviously unconstitutional, on the other hand, it leads itself to absurdity in its own legal text. The assumption that genital mutilation is legal in boys because it has been legally tolerated many times, is wrong.
== Pseudo-parental rights arguments ==
*: No, you may have misunderstood [[parental rights]]. Basically, [[parental rights]] protect children from indoctrination by the state, giving the parents far-reaching rights in education. But first of all, parenting and education means keeping harm off of a child. The state has a permanent responsibility to ensure that parents do no harm to their children.
* '''<q>Circumcision is a <q>personal preference</q>.'''
*: This pseudo-argument implicates that it would be the allowed preference of the parents to have their child genitally mutilated or not. In fact, there is no effective law that allows parents to have their children cut off healthy parts of their body without [[medical indication]]. (This also applies to the [[German Circumcision Act]] which repeals itself through its legal text and is a foreign body in German legislation.) In many countries, girls are protected from [[FGM|female genital mutilation]] by special laws. Boys are implicitly protected in all countries by the prohibition of bodily harm without [[medical indication]].
== Hygienical arguments ==