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Let me further put words in your mouth, Lahnnabell, and guess that even if we hypothetically allow that this procedure reduced your risk of catching STDs, you still might consider it too high a price to pay since you can just use condoms instead-- or at the very least, you still would want to make the choice for yourself, so even giving it the benefit of the doubt at every turn, you'd still be against the practice of doing it to baby girls who cannot give that consent.
I think that proper sex education should suffice. I would like to know how much of the risk of STDs and HIV is decreased with the removal of the foreskin. I doubt those numbers are very significant.
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Well, for arguments sake, if this did happen to you Lahnna, Vashti would have no empathy for you, nor would she acknowledge that your rights were violated, nor would she see anything wrong with repeating the same ritual on other baby girls.
(After all, that is her view of male circumcision --> foreskin equals hood --> thus circumcision equals clitoral hood removal --> equals your hypothetical situation)
Vash has made her opinion on this matter quite clear. I am not offended by her opinion, or Dopp's. They both have their own reasons for thinking as they do. Dopp's is based out of a direct personal experience, and Vash's on her high level of education in her field.