NHS Hymen ops on young girls

[mumda]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12849817/Fears-NHS-carried-ILLEGAL-virgin-repair-surgery.html

She added: 'The NHS should investigate all cases of hymenoplasties recorded after this procedure was made illegal.
'It may be that some legitimate medical procedures are being incorrectly coded as hymenoplasty on NHS data systems. However, it is crucial there is a clear picture of what is happening, as part of safeguarding women from these harmful procedures.'
Data reveals the average age of girls treated was 26.
However, one hymenoplasty was performed on a girl between the age of five and nine.
Another four were recorded on girls aged between 10 and 14.

We'll perhaps ignore the poor data recording or wrong codes being added - let's just get on to the very young age of some of these girls being operated on.

What surgeon would knowingly do this operation on a child?

Maybe some women want that for their wedding night.

Are you fucking kidding me? That is egregious victim-blaming. It is terrifying for women. There is sometimes a mob outside, waiting to lynch her if she doesn't bleed. Or maybe she's 'lucky' and the family just force poison down her throat, or dowse her with kerosene and set her on fire, in private.

The absolute privilege of equating social pressure to look a certain way with what women in highly patriarchal cultures go through for 'honour'. You have no idea if you think the two are in any way equivalent.

I think there are some pretty serious questions as to whether invasive cosmetic procedures are ever ethical from a medical standpoint. It's possible to compare things that aren't identical - it's the whole point of comparisons.