Like with many of these matters, legal banning doesn’t imply elimination of practice – there needs to be more money put into education and eradicating certain notions – I know there are organizations made up of ex-cutters (women who used to mutilate girls for their communities) helping others move away from this practice – we should rather support these efforts. However, if an adult female wants to mutilate her genitals (though it is too bad that she can’t see the sexist forces shaping her decision), I can’t tell her not to do it but when it comes to children, I abhor the practice.