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41 young males die in South Africa after circumcision initiation ceremonies (www.latimes.com)

submitted 6 days ago by OutForARip@lemmy.ca to c/world@quokk.au

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[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

'Easier to keep clean'.

So what other body modification should we do to infants to make them cleaner?

[–] ImNotThatPokable@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They're always going on about cleaning in and behind the ears. Let's be honest here. Ears are pretty ugly and you don't need them to hear. You can prevent so many infections because cutting off the ear makes it easier to clean the ear canal.

infant Earectomy infection study

It's a joke

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Well then, ears it is!