It was so traumatic for me I couldn't walk or talk for at least 12 mths after the attack

I do thank my mother for getting it done though, I can't seem to remember any mental scaring from it, maybe I have blocked it from my mind
I can't understand why a female would want any bits trimmed off though, strange things must go on in a pubescent female mind, how do the parents :
(A) Allow it to happen?
(B) Pay for it to be done?
The world certainly is full of strange goings on, I thought the thing with guys jamming things in their ear lobes was weird enough.