it's maybe somewhat naive to suggest that girls in foreign cultures are unaware that what is being done to them is wrong, even if they lack the legal framework to stand up for themselves against the islamic patriarchy that is forcing the abuse on to them. but, i think there's something to be said about the severity of a crime being linked to how well the victim is able to understand their own condition. i mean, it's the cave, right? that is not meant to lessen the impact of crimes against those that are unable to understand what is happening to them, be it due to genetic defect or whatever ignorance, but to point out that the ability to fully understand, or even anticipate, a wrong introduces an aspect of torture into the process. it is in some way a greater crime to send a canadian girl abroad for the procedure for the precise reason that she is likely to be so fully aware of exactly what is happening to her.