Well, it could be worse: following the tradition found in many areas in Africa & the Middle East girls are "circumcised (the clitoral hood is the female counterpart of the male foreskin. In addition to the clitoral hood part or all of the external clitoris is often removed)" resulting in genital mutilation before puberty. Female "circumcision" was not for hygiene purposes. It was done to delay a woman's sexual awakening (experiencing orgasms) until after marriage, if at all.

It is bad enough that Jewish (& other) boys are genitally mutilated without girls also being genitally mutilated.

Perhaps the ceremonies for boys and girls should be changed to the first time that the fingernails are cut or some such. Male circumcision was started as a hygiene practice due to the lack of frequent showers and baths. Dead cells, bacteria, sex fluids, and dirt accumulated under the foreskin, eventually causing irritation, odor, infection, & an increased risk of cancer of the penis. The treatment for this cancer was amputation. Hygiene includes frequent, every day or two and also shortly after sex, pulling of the foreskin all the way back and washing with soap & water.

I hope my response is helpful to other readers.

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