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When Enedina Vance shared a Photoshopped picture of her 6-month-old daughter on Facebook sporting a dimple piercing, she didn’t think it would cause such controversy. Her post, however, has racked up nearly 12,000 shares and over 120 comments.
It looks pretty clear if you read her caption to the photo that it is fake and that she is posting a photoshopped picture to make a point (about circumcision). People often react without actually reading what they are reacting to. Or maybe the people who are sharing it are doing so because they agree with her point.
It looks pretty clear if you read her caption to the photo that it is fake and that she is posting a photoshopped picture to make a point (about circumcision). People often react without actually reading what they are reacting to. Or maybe the people who are sharing it are doing so because they agree with her point.
And to me, if indeed that was her objective, someone needs to explain to her the difference in piercing and circumcision. One is simply for looks, the other health purposes. I do agree many people react without reading.
And to me, if indeed that was her objective, someone needs to explain to her the difference in piercing and circumcision. One is simply for looks, the other health purposes. I do agree many people react without reading.
I'm sure that she would argue that the health benefits of circumcision are at best preventive and at worst non-existent, and that people in other parts of the world besides the US only practice routine infant circumcision for religious reasons, and that many in the US cite only aesthetic reasons and not health or even religious purposes for choosing to circumcise their newborns. Her argument is about bodily autonomy, and that the parents should not modify their child's body for aesthetic purposes, which includes circumcision, as well as piercings (ears or otherwise), and I imagine tattoos and other body modifications as well. You may feel that there are health benefits for (routine) circumcision, but she does not. I think that her intent was clear - her hashtags include: #BodilyIntegrity, #MyBodyMyChoice, #HumanRights, #ChildrensRights, #Intactivism, #IntactGeneration #sarcasm
I did not chop my babies' livers out to reduce the risk of liver cancer.
You can't live without a liver. Pretty sure millions of people are alive and well despite not having foreskin they were born with. Hardly the same thing.
You can't live without a liver. Pretty sure millions of people are alive and well despite not having foreskin they were born with. Hardly the same thing.
The Hippocratic oath says do no harm. Personally I think cutting off pieces of a baby's body for supposed "health benefits" that are classified as "may reduce risk of"... is doing harm.
You can't live without a liver. Pretty sure millions of people are alive and well despite not having foreskin they were born with. Hardly the same thing.
And, millions more people are alive and well despite still having the foreskin they were born with, not to mention perfectly healthy.
Many are choosing not to circumcise they babies. We chose not to circumcise our youngest son, he is now 30 with no issues. If one informs themselves rather than listening to the medical machine $$$$$$$, they can make an informed decision, the only way a decision should be made: The Myths and Facts of Circumcision | Intact America
Why is piercing a baby's ears ok, but piercing a baby's cheek not?
That's what I initially thought her post was about, too.
Well played, Ms. Vance. Well played.
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