Should circumcision be a crime

Answer 1

There are differing viewpoints on whether or not circumcision should be banned. But this based in that many different people force circumcision on their infants for many different reasons.

Some of the common reasons to get circumcisions:

Religious

Cultural

Hygiene

Belief it reduces some medical conditions

To treat some medical conditions

Aesthetics

Some common reasons to not get circumcisions:

Religious

Cultural

Believes that hygeine reasons are not sufficient to justify the procedure

Believes that the medical benefit is not sufficient to justify the procedure

Aesthetics

Human rights

Increased Sexual pleasure

Natural sexual mechanics

It is rarely personal choice of the person, but a condition usually forced on them without their ability to have a say

Several studies have been done, and it has been shown that removal of the foreskin has no effect on the fertility of the man, however sensation and sexual pleasure studies have been mixed.

Answer 2

Of course! Why wouldn't it be? Strapping down a child, stimulating them to erection, then ripping the flesh back and then taking a knife and cutting off the skin on the genitals of males or females (typically without any pain medicine) is sexual abuse! Children need to be protected from abuse. Why this one type of abuse isn't illegal already is mind boggling.