   Odd bedfellows  New rows about circumcision unite unlikely
friends and foes  See article  Readers' comments   Clear
Thinking  This is sexual mutilation, reducing male sexual
pleasure. This sexual repressive violence is equal to female
circumsicion. The argument that it is less invasive doesn't
hold. Sexual mutilation is sexual mutilation, regardless wether
it is a little or a lot. This has nothing to do with medicine,
which are just after the case rationalisations of a mediaval
practice. I'm really surprised that a liberal magazine like the
economist is so relaxed in their views of this sexist practice.
PeterQuince in reply to Clear Thinking  The pseudoscientific
arguments about reduced sexual pleasure have been debunked
several times. And the only way that you could ever equate
circumcision with the removal of the outer female genitalia is
if you have never seen the sex organs of both sexes.  MoneyCrab
in reply to PeterQuince  I am 100% certain that circumcision
reduces sexual pleasure, in fact, it's the