OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT SURVEY RESULTS
- continued -Beliefs about violation and penalties (page 71 of PDF) (multiple answers possible)
"I believe circumcising a healthy, unconsenting child creates harm by violating":
Prime dictum of medicine (First, Do No Harm)........................ 83%His basic human right to bodily integrity............................... 89%His right to eventual self-determination over his genitals and sexual experience.............................................................. 90%His religious freedom ......................................................... 55%None of the above ............................................................. 4%"I believe the following action(s) should be taken against anyone who circumcises the healthy foreskin of an infant": (multiple answers possible)
Open Comments: (162 received)
Killed (frequent response)
Cutting their hands off would be a good start
Registered as a sex offender
Publicly shamed in every way
Persuaded not to circumcise
Forced to undergo genital mutilation themselves; penis or vulva removed
Psychological assessment; counseling; psychiatric evaluation (frequent response)
Re-education (frequent response)
Monetary benefits of circumcision should be removed by legislators, insurance agencies
Given proper education about foreskin functions and the harm of circumcision
Total confiscation of assets awarded to victims, then the death penalty
"Eye for an eye" as they say
If the man resents it later in life, he should be able to sue the circumciser
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