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The difficulty in banning it is very much political. You would get massive backlash from Jewish groups, you'd probably get accused of being anti-semitic. Also, not to get too cynical, but my perception is that issues affecting men/males are given less importance.

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It's a tradeoff between the equal protection clause (FGM is banned, so there is an argument there) and religious freedom. The former should hold more weight as religious freedom doesn't extend to imposing religious beliefs onto others.

> Also, not to get too cynical, but my perception is that issues affecting men/males are given less importance.

Circumcision, and perhaps female breast cancer, aside: the accumulated evidence is pretty strongly in the opposite direction. There have been quite a few studies on the topic over the last 30 years, with little improvement.

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