Gentital mutilation, when is this acceptable?

Never, especially religious.

Mutilation of any kind is not acceptable, even with religion in the mix. If it is not for medical reasons, it should not be performed. If the child grows up and decides they want to have it done themselves, that's their choice, but no parent should make that decision for their infant.

Even for religion I don't think it is acceptable because the infant is unable to consent to it and cannot change his/her mind later on. If it is not done to the infant he/she can have it done to him/herself later on if he/she changes her mind later but he/she cannot reverse it if it was done to him/her as an infant. I am usually pretty religiously tolerant but I would draw the line on doing anything permanent to a baby regardless of what religion it is.

Never.

However, do not confuse circumcision with mutilation. Circumcision is an approved, accepted medical procedure that can prevent the spread of HPV.

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So if someone has an appendicitis, is it mutilation to remove the appendix to save the person's life?

whilst the offspring replaced into born a decade and a 0.5 in the past, darling, I heavily seen no longer circumcising him, yet my ex and my finished relatives weighed in on the realm of circumcision and derided the belief of no longer doing it, so I caved in to the rigidity and their arguments that he'd experience "embarrassed" if he wasn't or experience "extraordinary" if he did no longer appear like daddy, and that i went alongside with them. i've got regretted doing so ever considering the fact that. i do no longer think of it truly is honest to do something like that to somebody who can't consent, and that i surely do no longer think of that some idiotic id practice from an historical lifestyle to which i do no longer even belong could desire to be imposed on toddlers. Why no longer tattoo them? it truly is carried out for team id in different cultures...if advocates of circumcision could oppose tattooing toddlers in a non secular ritual, then they should reconsider their help for the belief of reducing toddlers' genitals. (((Frank)))

they say it helps protect against STIs but thats a pretty weak excuse for causing distress to a baby and often the person is disatisfied with their penis because of what was done to it.

I agree with you 100%.

Normally not. I had a too tight foreskin so it wouldn't go back far enough so we used some medicine to make it more flexible.

When it's a voluntary choice by the person getting it done.

I can't think of any acceptable circumstances for this to occur, other than on medical grounds i.e. foreskin cancer.