No. The reason is because rape and sexual assault affects a far greater number of women than FGM. It’s appeal to the public isn’t about the degree of the crime. It’s about how relatable it is. People care most about issues they see as affecting them, issues they themselves have experienced, and bad things happening to people like them — bad things that could happen to them to, or to their friends and family. People also care most, probably, when perpetrators are powerful, prominent members of society.

One thing I’ve learned, having had an experience very similar to FGM, is it surpasses people’s ability to empathize. They look at you blankly. They don’t get it. They ask, “So can you still orgasm?” They ask, “What’s the big deal?” Or they get visibly uncomfortable. They squirm in their seat, they don’t want to talk about it at all. Many people still don’t really understand what FGM entails or what it’s consequences are. For the rest, maybe it’s too horrific for them to want to think about it it. They don’t want to hear about it. There’s also no victorious story. It’s just victims hurting victims.

Rape used to be a bit like this, as far as people not wanting to hear about it, but then people started talking about it and victims came out in the sunlight to say hey, for every person in the US, basically either you or someone you know has been raped. And they started talking about what is was like for them. Some people are really good at explaining feelings. We’re at a point where at least most people understand what this experience is like and why it’s devastating, though your posts certainly call that into question.