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Authorities report that at least 41 young men have died from circumcision procedures during traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December

At least 41 young men have died as a result of circumcision procedures as part of traditional initiation activities in South Africa in November and December, authorities said Tuesday.

South Africa’s Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa told local broadcasters Tuesday that 41 initiates died during this year’s summer initiation. He blamed negligence on the part of both the initiation schools, including registered ones, and parents for not adhering to safety standards and medical advice.

Hlabisa said some of the unproven advice often given to the young men is to avoid drinking water in order to heal faster.

  • Paragone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    11 hours ago

    Years ago I read that the Shang Ring is the safest circumcision method there is, & the guy who invented it was given awards.

    IF you’re going to do a piercing, or circumcision ( not female “circumcision”, which is more amputation ), do it safely & properly.

    Tradition from deep in the AnimalsAndTribesTime can go eat rocks, if it’s costing lives or G-D given LivingPotential.

    Here’s a link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_surgical_procedure#Shang_ring

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    • Boppel@feddit.orgEnglish
      191·
      3 days ago

      yes, but you have to understand this, because religious or cultural feelings are more important, than protection and being unharmed for some reason

      • lepinkainen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        3 days ago

        This is the one thing where “the jews” is the correct answer.

        Cutting of baby boy dicks is so deeply ingrained in Jewish culture that they just can’t stop, and if someone tries to they can throw the antisemitism card down and conversation over.

        Even in countries with no notable Jewish or Muslim population (Nordics) it’s impossible to ban for some fucking reason. Finland can even prevent girls from being taken abroad if there’s suspicion they will get mutilated. Boys tho? Go ahead, cut/bite away, it’s fine - baby boys can’t feel pain!

        You don’t even have to stop it, just do it to adults. 18yo men can decide for themselves if they want to cut off a piece of their genitalia.

        • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          5 minutes ago

          Circumcision is also practiced by a large variety of non-Jewish, non-Muslim societies, especially in Africa and parts of Austronesia. And many forms of it in those cultures are far more dangerous and damaging than just snipping off a bit of foreskin: in particuar, subincision.

          The same goes even more for female genital mutilation, which is practiced in some Muslim countries, despite most sects of Islam forbidding the practice. And again, it’s also practiced in a large number of non-Muslim cultures in the region too (where it probably originated).

    • MihiesEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      Hey, how else would one be able to repel demonesses or increase attractiveness to women?

      The purpose of circumcision has been variously proposed that it began:

      as a religious sacrifice;
as a rite of passage marking a boy's entrance into adulthood;
as a form of sympathetic magic to ensure virility or fertility;
as an aid to hygiene where regular bathing was impractical;
as a means of marking those of higher social status;
as a means of humiliating enemies and slaves by symbolic castration;
as a means of differentiating a circumcising group from their non-circumcising neighbors;
as a means of discouraging masturbation or other socially proscribed sexual behaviors;
as a means of increasing a man's attractiveness to women;
as a demonstration of one's ability to endure pain;
as a male counterpart to menstruation or the breaking of the hymen;
to copy the rare natural occurrence of a missing foreskin of an important leader;[13][14]
as a way to repel demonesses;[15] and/or
as a display of disgust of the smegma produced by the foreskin.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_circumcision

  • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    201·
    3 days ago

    There is little to no medical advantages to genital mutilation for men nor women, that isn’t solved with good hygiene practices.

    Its an archaic practice that needs to be eradicated globally when it isn’t strictly medically necessary or done to consenting adults.