Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.

Many of the girls at risk of FGM are under the age of 5, the UN says. Around 230 million women and girls around the world are survivors of the practice.

      • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        3 months ago

        False equivalence.

        Things done in caves in Afganistan aren’t comparable to things done in a theatre in Iran. Yet both are brutal.

          • Gathorall@lemmy.worldEnglish
            33·
            3 months ago

            The objective is that when you champion pointless torture you’re for torture, you’re just thinking you stop at the right point. You’re no better than a bigot who only hates a certain nationality. As long as circumsion is legal this isn’t a moral stance, it is a cultural preference, bigotry.

    • TheDoozer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      I get what you are saying, but that’s not the way to do it.

      “What about male genital mutilation?”

      “We should ban all mutilation of genitals of children. It is barbaric. Some more than others, but it’s all bad.”

      If all you do is respond with essentially “what about this other thing that this particular article isn’t talking about,” it derails the conversation of the current article. Saying that all aspects of the subject if the article are bad and have no place in society says “I agree with this, and let’s extend it further.”