A bill has just passed the Georgia House making it a crime to allow a child’s genitals to be mutilated (including male circumcision) but allowing consulting (er, that should be consenting) adults to do whatever the hell they want to their own genitalia.

Just kidding.  Male circumcision is still allowed.  But all female genital mutilation — including adult women seeking piercings on their own bodies — are expressly forbidden.

When the issue of consentual female genital piercing was brought up to sponsor Bill Heath (after a 160-0 debate-free vote), he was reportedly “slack-jawed”.

“What?  I’ve never seen such a thing,” Heath said. “I, uh, I wouldn’t approve of anyone doing it. I don’t think that’s an appropriate thing to be doing,” he went on to say, as if what he thinks women should be doing to their own bodies is in any way relevant.

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:58:04 +0000
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