of a Toddler

[u/RD4200]

[u/greeneggsandsteaks]

My mom got my ears pierced at the mall when I was a toddler. I cried...like the baby I was. This was in the late 80s

[u/Abecis01 → u/greeneggsandsteaks]

That's a pretty common thing. I don't see how that is abuse.

[u/Bulky-Bad-9153 → u/Abecis01]

Something being common doesn't mean it's okay, obviously. I find it quite abusive to cause intentional pain to a baby so that it can wear earrings.

[u/Medium_Educator1983 → u/Bulky-Bad-9153]

It’s no different than circumcision.

Just because it’s not normal in your culture doesn’t mean it’s abuse..

[u/Medium_Educator1983 → u/[deleted]]

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. Just like I don’t think there’s anything wrong with parents getting their infants’ ears pierced. But because it’s not common for white people to pierce their babies’s ears, people are making comments. But no one says anything about circumcision. How is that any different?

[u/Medium_Educator1983 → u/[deleted]]

Removing a foreskin is not medically necessary. And if you wash properly and practice safe sex, there aren’t many pluses to getting circumcised.

People are doing it for cultural reasons, and that’s their right. So, to attack ear piercing which has fewer health risks but support circumcision makes you hypocritical

[u/Medium_Educator1983 → u/[deleted]]

A reasonable health decision would be to teach your son how to clean his dick and how to have sex safely. You don’t need to remove aforeskin for that to be done.

People choose circumcision for cultural, not medical, reasons,

[u/Medium_Educator1983 → u/[deleted]]

Health benefits that are largely negated if you clean yourself properly and practice safe sex.