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Circumcision is 'brutal' ; WRITEBACK
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Belfast Telegraph
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August 5, 2008
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IT was with great disappointment I read Kevin Myers article 'Why
I would like to say what I think about Africa' (Belfast Telegraph,
July 25).
Circumcision is a brutal act performed on male and female
children on pseudo medical and cultural grounds in both Western and
other cultures.
The circumcision of female children is seen as barbaric in
Western cultures because it has not been part of our cultural
practices.
Male circumcision is often seen as reasonable in Western
societies because it is usually predominantly performed by doctors
for 'medical reasons'. This is nonsense as both have no medical
indication and both harm the physical, sexual and psychological
development of the child.
As a ...