The fact that the same individuals who were upset over the cheek piercing were also so quick to defend the practice of ear piercings and infant circumcision—the same things she had been
speaking out against in her post—was something she failed to grasp. Vance maintains that parents do not have the right to alter their children’s bodies in this manner,
even if a study conducted by the American Academy of Pediatrics asserts that circumcision has health advantages.
