> But child sexual abuse can absolutely destroy the life of a child.
A botched circumcision can (and has) destroyed the life of a child.
It's unconscionable that in 2023 American society still condones cutting off health body parts of male children because of the prejudices and superstitions of a middle-Eastern, iron age religion.
They are also done at different scales though, one is (hopefully) only the people in power abusing that power, the other one is accepted by the majority of the faith.
I think by that logic you could also equate getting a punch in the gut with being murdered. Sure, it's worse to get murdered, but it happens much less frequently then just a simple fistfight. Therefore, newspapers should talk less about how bad murderers are and more about people who got into bar fights.