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Zonbei posted...

Yes, Ive said repeatedly that imposing a permanent physical change on someone before they can consent is called normal parenting in regards to medicine. I am saying that as a person who had this done to them, I could not care less that it was without my consent. Because I couldnt consent. I was a child. Sometimes parents do things for their childs benefit. My parents did MUCH worse things to me without my consent, things that were not beneficial and actually caused lasting psychological harm.

Imposing a permanent cosmetic change on someone because you like how it looks better is absolutely not standard practice in medicine, at least not anywhere at least pretending to be ethical. The "benefits" are microscopic and come from biased sources, it is very clearly done out of tradition or cosmetic preference.