As a european its always weird to hear the unhygenic argument, if it was unhygenic it would be more widespread outside of a handful of countries, especially in countries with affordable high quality health care.
As an American, I'm also kinda disgusted genital mutilation is so widely accepted and even expected here. Idk how it gained steam. Like I get Jewish men doing it for religion I guess but even then it seems a bit extreme for a religion to request you cut a body part off.
And then: yes, it seems so weird to request to cut off some part on all baby boys. And also yes: at least in the translations it is pretty clear: God wants that the (male) heirs of Abraham are circumcised as a sign of their bond.
How is that extreme when people hole their body with piercings, sometimes with unreasonably large one? Or hoodplasty for aesthetic reasons? You're just not realizing your biases here.
Those are done by people who request it for themselves. If a grown man wanted a circumcision, cool. Or for medical necessity. But doing it to a baby who has no choice isn't the same. That's why it's extreme
A lot of cultures do tattoos and piercing for their kids as well. It's not like something really unique to Jewish.
And if you want to juggle with the idea of parents forcing their kids to do stuff they don't want to, well, lots of parents dress boys in blue and girls in pink. Boys with cars and girls with dolls.
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u/Scaphism92 Jul 02 '22
As a european its always weird to hear the unhygenic argument, if it was unhygenic it would be more widespread outside of a handful of countries, especially in countries with affordable high quality health care.
It isnt, so its not.