Where are the women
From Body and Soul:
One of the things that struck me watching the crowds tearing down the statues of Saddam Hussein was that I didn’t see any women. Another thing that struck me was that no one commented on this — as if streets without women were entirely normal. Pardon my stereotypically feminist response, but to me a world wiped clean of women is a little disturbing. It seems to say, “Here is the future of Iraq. And people of your gender aren’t in it.” I don’t want to be a party-pooper, but it seems that about 65% of Iraq didn’t get its invitation to the party.I hope that’s not the future of Iraq.
As was pointed out by Atrios, women in Afghanistan were much more visible after the Taliban fell…
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