The false equivalencies being drawn between female and male circumcision in this thread are frankly goebbelsian. One poses long term detrimental negative health impacts— the other doesn’t, plain and simple.
Many body-altering cultural practices are permitted— not all are covered as public health care expenses, mind you (a separate issue entirely) but there is zero reported negative physiological and psychological impacts for the procedure.
There *are* studies that show a benefit, but it’s considered so small that physicians don’t recommend it as “routine practice” which is what the paediatric guidelines you see are referring to.
Clipped earlobes are a much more prominent physical alteration that is much more easily stigmatized.