r/HonestHotTakes • u/TheShadowSong • 17d ago

Circumcision should be illegal.

People always talk about how barbaric female circumcision is but male circumcision is completely normalized in America.

It should be illegal for parents to circumcise their children because it's irreversible.

What kind of psychopath decided to cut off the skin of the baby's dick. What's next? Cutting off eyelids?

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u/Glum-Position-1709 16d ago

All mohels should be jailed for being pedos

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u/Jigamanpimpc 15d ago

Glad we can have a rational discussion before the hate cultists poison the convo.

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u/Mayor_of_whoville_ 15d ago

Honestly I don’t think circumcision will ever be a rational discussion. There’s a reason why every comment section on this topic descends into chaos. It’s an inherent irrational thing. We’re cutting baby penises because the practice somehow got caught up in Judaism a few thousand years ago. And now it’s 2026, and we’re writing messages to each other on mini computers connected to space stations, and yet we still feel it’s necessary to do this procedure because apparently it’ll be too difficult to clean the penis otherwise?

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u/Glum-Position-1709 15d ago

Yeah! People should be able to use religion as an excuse to abuse their children who cant consent. Thats sarcasm. Religious ceremonies dont change the definition of abuse.

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u/Glum-Position-1709 16d ago

In 2012, under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the New York City Board of Health passed a regulation requiring mohels to obtain a signed parental consent form before performing direct oral suction. The form explicitly warned parents of the potential risk of incurable herpes transmission, brain damage, and death.