Please don't derail the discussion: murder and bank robbery are also quite rare. That does not make them acceptable!
Neither male nor female circumcision affects the ability to have children. Female circumcision is forbidden almost everywhere. Male circumcision is mostly still around for historical reasons.
@dang can I suggest closing down this thread? Too much apologia of child abuse!
Calling out the fact that the majority of sex change operations happen at the behest of an adult who elects to have the operation is not derailing the discussion, but inserting a rather critical point of context when examining the issue broadly.
That doesn't mean the concern about minors is not legitimate, but clarifies that the conversation is much broader than this subset.
> Neither male nor female circumcision affects the ability to have children.
Why is this relevant? I have not been mutilated, but I choose not to have children either. I haven't yet undergone a vasectomy, but plan to do so at some point in the future so I don't have to worry about it. But this seems like a non-sequitur, unless you're implying there is some moral compulsion to procreate.
> Female circumcision is forbidden almost everywhere.
It's estimated that ~200 million girls/women alive today have undergone FGM, and a significant number still undergo this yearly. While the practice is in decline in many places, there are countries where no such decline has started.
But regardless of that, it's an orthogonal issue, and no more belongs in a conversation about sex change operations than bringing up ritual organ harvesting in a conversation about appendectomies.
> Too much apologia of child abuse!
Again, acknowledging that surgery is often necessary is not the equivalent of apologizing for non-consensual ritual sadism.
Aside, your user name here is after an organisation founded by one of world history's worst mass murderers. Can I suggest to show empathy with his victims, and not use this term? Using it trivialises his crimes.
I'm just being generous, I'm not technically aware of a single instance.
> even for adult
Is this a theocratic totalitarianism thing or a hatred for humanity and hatred of personal freedom thing?
As far as parents forcing children into genital mutilation, this is actually very popular and common elective medical procedure, but the word you're looking for is circumcision.