tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post110694994891262414..comments2024-01-01T09:20:22.363-05:00Comments on Brutal Women: On Being a Woman in "Liberated" IraqUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1107015610493082322005-01-29T11:20:00.000-05:002005-01-29T11:20:00.000-05:00Good stuff.
I admit to being baffled at the idea...Good stuff. <br /><br />I admit to being baffled at the idea of non-participation as a form of protest.. almost. If you look at, say, South Africa, protest took the form of *not* engaging with the system by not carrying "pass" books identifying your employer and "homeland," forcing police to put hordes of people into jail, and eventually running out of jail space. It meant protesting "petty" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1106999707473657642005-01-29T06:55:00.000-05:002005-01-29T06:55:00.000-05:00Sorry,it's "situation" (line 4), and "the question...Sorry,it's "situation" (line 4), and "the question of the accuracy .." (line 2, second paragraph).<br /><br />Anyway, I wanted to add, Kameron, that the article you took the excerpt from gives chilling examples of crimes committed against women since the US invasion, and shows that it comes not only from extremists, but from the core of society, that is to say traditional families (not that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1106994625448670102005-01-29T05:30:00.000-05:002005-01-29T05:30:00.000-05:00The question is, to say the least, a complex one. ...The question is, to say the least, a complex one. Sarah may be right when she declares that a widespread boycott will certainly give the islamists ammunition to put women's suffrage under fire, but it's clearly a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't sitation, as the parties which are about to seize the power would have no qualms in dismissing any claim that Iraqi women are under attack relying Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7463512.post-1106982812072910622005-01-29T02:13:00.000-05:002005-01-29T02:13:00.000-05:00Hmmm. I will admit to massive ignorance in this a...Hmmm. I will admit to massive ignorance in this area, and I support Iraqi women wholeheartedly. I wonder, though, if willingly giving up one of the few rights they actually -do- have the best way for women in Iraq to campaign for their rights? It seems to me that this is a tactic that is bound to backfire. Won't it just give ammunition to the misogynistic factions--won't they then just claim Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com