JK Rowling claims society is on brink of 'medical scandal' over transgender issues

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[–]ghostprototype 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

to be fair, there's a huge difference between female genital mutilation and circumcision

the equivalent of circumcision on a female would be trimming the skin at the tip of the clitoris and maybe the labia. Instead they remove the clitoris and labia altogether. That's the equivalent of cutting off the entire head of the penis but leaving the rest of the shaft intact (if such a thing were possible)

FGM also leads to lifelong complications and pain and usually doesn't allow for regular sex without surgical 'reopening'. Then sex is its own nightmarish painful physical trauma since the new opening is much smaller after healing

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No, there is not. As one of the rare few who underwent circumcision as an adult, I can tell you: IT'S A TERRIBLE MUTILATION.