Is piercing considered FGM? - Page 2

[star2589]

Originally Posted by Piercedboy

I'm not mutilated by the definition. What I have done to cut or radically alter my genitalia did not make it imperfect. Quite the opposite, it made it perfect for me.

i dont know is such a subjective definition is useful. many circumcised men and women think their body is perfect too.

[tiffer23]

Haven't read the other replies, but imo, if a consenting adult is getting pierced/circumcised/whatever, it's a TOTALLY different thing than most genital mutilation.

To me, mutilation implies an involentary thing. *shrug*

Though, technically, I guess it fits.

[kldliam]

Tiffer23: To me, mutilation implies an involentary thing. *shrug*

Do you consider self-mutilation involutary or voluntary?

Are hair pulling, flesh cutting/picking or other similar Obsessive Compulssive Disorders (OCD's) involuntary?

Self-mutilation has different degrees of severity. I think on 'the severity scale of self-mutilation' a piercing or a tatoo is somewhat low, but is still mutilation none-the-less.

[talk de jour]

IMO, when done by a consenting adult to their own body, anything that is otherwise considered "genital mutilation" is "genital modification."