As stated before, removing the foreskin also reduces sexual pleasure (and can decreases penis size). Again, this is not to equate the two. FGM's roots are more related to the intentional discouragement and reduction of sexual pleasure, whereas circumcision probably doesn't stem from the same subjugation. But it is a side effect that the baby couldn't consent to.
If we are going to talk about definitions, I think it's fair to say that the practice of circumcision comfortably falls within the parameters set out under "mutilation". That doesn't change just because the procedure has a different label attached to it.
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verb (used with object), mutilated, mutilating.
1.
to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts:
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And I don't really care if you have a problem with MRA's, anti-feminists or whatever. The issue is about babies having part of their penis cut off for no morally legitimate reason.