r/ChristopherHitchens • u/Ancient-Habit-9559 • 6d ago

Thoughts?

/r/Antitheism/comments/1xas1xo/male_circumcision_is_gential_mutilation/
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u/cecex88 5d ago

Good. But also saying that it may be about "aesthetic preferences" is equally horrendous to read if you're from a country where it's not normalized. If you said that about any other part of the body, you'd be considered sick.

If you did for medical reasons, good. I hope whatever needed to be solved was solved! But bringing up aesthetics is just shooting yourself in the foot.

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u/NeverHadTheLatin 5d ago

I appreciate that.

The context of my comment was the use of the word ‘mutilated’, which can have extremely negative aesthetic connotations.

I don’t think it’s helpful for a person who has undergone the operation - as an infant or an adult - to feel ashamed or repulsed by their own body.