Circumcision Decisions

I've been trying to catch up on my reading and came upon a post by Ophelia Benson at Butterflies & Wheels. It's titled Mutilate the baby tastefully, and was posted a couple of days ago. It was Ophelia's response to an article on the Atlantic website, and has generated 178 responses so far. One of them was by a commenter identified as Stewart, who pointed Ophelia to a graphic at the Gnu Atheism page on Facebook. It's a flowchart, but it's very rough and ready.

Roughready

Absolutely nothing wrong with that, in terms of the flow, but I thought it would be nice to tidy it up a bit. Feel free to use it:

Circumcisiondecision500px

Tags:  circumcision   flowchart  
Posted:  December 20, 2011
Dec 22, 2011
Stewart said...
Thanks. "Rough and ready" about sums it up. I'm not a professional designer and that was whipped up in a matter of minutes. Since you've given permission in advance, I shall post a link on "Gnu Atheism."
Dec 22, 2011
Jo Wun said...
@Stewart: Glad you liked my tidying up - your couple of minutes of whipping was good material to work with :)
Dec 22, 2011
Stewart said...
Have continued the conversation on my home turf at Gnu Atheism.
Mar 01, 2012
Bill said...
What if the owner agrees to be circumcised and he is minor in your charge? The flow chart says circumcise. What if the boy is 5 years old? Some small boys want to be circumcised (for irrational reasons). The flowchart could be improved by replacing "Has the owner agreed to be circumcised" with "Is the owner an adult who has agreed to be circumcised?"
Mar 05, 2012
Jo Wun said...
@Bill: Interesting point! I'm not sure how I feel about your suggestion, though, because I 'm having trouble thinking of a real-life situation where a minor in 'my' charge would agree to circumcision if it wasn't being suggested by 'me'. The reason I abhor infant circumcision is because the infant has no opportunity to express how he feels about it before the deed is done. No matter how much I abhor circumcision, it doesn't give me the right to impose my way of thinking on another adult in charge of a minor who has (apparently) agreed to the procedure. Whether that agreement is considered to have been coerced, or achieved by underhand means is not the issue (for the flowchart). These are just my initial thoughts on the issue - I need more time to think about it. But thanks for raising the point.
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