Get a job, then, and contribute to society instead of wasting resources by existing.

"why not also acknowledge the dynamic of adults abusing children?"

Because I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about FGM and specifically about male-enforced abuse of women.

"They're about as eager to wear ant gloves to prove they're strong men capable of supporting their wives as women are eager to get their genitals lopped off to prove they're pious women capable of remaining faithful to their husbands."

I can confirm that this isn't true. The boys are afraid and anxious but it is something they want to do. Almost invariably, women are forced to undergo FGM and are seriously and irreparably harmed in the process. Even as someone from the Western world who has lived a fairly comfortable life, I would, in a moment, choose 20, 10-minute sessions with bullet ants over having my clitoris and labia removed (etc) without anesthetic or sterilization.

This list is on the topic of painful rites of initiation, generally in a tribal context, and ant gloves fit that description perfectly. The ant glove "treatment" causes no lasting injury and does not carry with it much chance of death. It is a rite of initiation that "creates" a man. FGM isn't a rite of initiation that is anything other than male imposed cruelty and debilitation of women that often results in death, and I don't agree with essentially calling it "a part of life" for women, something they should have to put up with.

It's generally because male abuse is caused by or promoted by other males. Although FGM is part of the culture for women as well, it is something that is pushed by men. Additionally, many of the painful rituals above are to prove manhood (i.e., you can endure this pain, making you a man). Things like foot binding and FGM are in place to control women (make them unable to move around without assistance, reduce their desire to commit adultery, etc). Crimes committed against men can be equally barbaric but are not the result of the same men-dominating-women influence.

"This, [female genital mutilation] among other health complications, are just part of the tradition that a woman must withstand to prove herself."???

No way. If boys want to wear ant gloves on their hands, that's fine. FGM is not just a rite of initiation that is painful but survivable, nor is it something you can recover from. Might as well include foot binding and bride theft/rape.