Angela Merkel intervenes over court ban on circumcision of young boys (in Germany)

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186. why are you against masturbation?

Seems like a healthy activity to me, much easier to practice and more pleasurable for male adolescents when they are not circumcised.

Sexual contact with prepubescent children is illegal and sexually transmitted diseases seem to be statistically insignificant in this age group.

The prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents over 14/15 is still very low (from extremely rare in the case of syphilis to some 3 percent for chlamydial infections http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/adol.htm), and these diseases can be treated and prevented in many ways that do not require invasive surgical procedures.

Of course, adolescents considered to be able to consent to sexual intercourse might also be considered to be able to consent to medical procedures like circumcision. No need for parents to interfere. They can still inform and educate instead of forcing medical procedures on their children.