• @[email protected]
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    1710 months ago

    there’s actually a pretty broud spectrum of procedures referred to as female circumcision. most of them are far more extreme than male circumcision, but type 1a is basically equivalent, though by far a minority. other forms are even worse than you’ve described.

    but i’ve also got to point out that male circumcision is also explicitely a method of sexual control, among other excuses. a major reason it ever caught on in america was in an effort to prevent masturbation.

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      710 months ago

      As were cereals (corn flakes). And we all know circumcised Americans that eat cereal do not wank.

    • VindictiveJudge
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      410 months ago

      Interestingly, clitoral hood reduction, which would be the most similar to male circumcision, is sometimes done voluntarily to improve sensation.