Family Vacation

[PantsDownFun]

16 and yeah the double standard is crazy

It is. On the other hand, we get paid more than they do for the same job. So that's a nice, real-world consolation.

On the third hand, female genital mutilation is explicitly illegal in the United States, technically there is no law against male genital mutilation (if a parent were to intentionally cut of their son's testicles, the state would have to charge them under regular sexual assault laws and then prove that cutting off the boy's testicles was truly sexual assault... The state is going to win that one, because no jury is going to rule otherwise, but yeah, technically no law against it).

[EverythingOff]

if a parent were to intentionally cut of their son's testicles, the state would have to charge them under regular sexual assault laws and then prove that cutting off the boy's testicles was truly sexual assault... The state is going to win that one, because no jury is going to rule otherwise, but yeah, technically no law against it).

Right. Of course, I haven't heard of that as a widespread issue.

[PantsDownFun]

if a parent were to intentionally cut of their son's testicles, the state would have to charge them under regular sexual assault laws and then prove that cutting off the boy's testicles was truly sexual assault... The state is going to win that one, because no jury is going to rule otherwise, but yeah, technically no law against it).

Right. Of course, I haven't heard of that as a widespread issue.

It actually is a pretty major issue, my example was extreme, but there are quite a few circumcision styles that, in countries where male genital mutilation is defined, are considered mutilation, but in the US are just another option (in particular, ultra tight circumcisions, including the low and tight, which even a lot of circumcision advocates speak out against as being far too aggressive in tissue removal and having unacceptably high risk of complications, but in the US is incredibly popular for its aesthetics). It's not coincidence that circumcisions in the EU are higher and looser, no doctor there is willing to run afoul of the laws defining what risk is acceptable before it is considered mutilation, and they suffer dramatically lower rates of complications as a result.
And as someone who is a victim of a low and tight and suffered nerve damage as a result, I can tell you, I'd give up 23% of my income in a heartbeat if it meant I had been protected from that as a newborn. No money in the world is worth constant pain in your genitals.