Why Veena Malik’s smackdown of a mullah was a seminal moment for feminism « Hot Air: "European police investigate honour killings. European hospitals confront female genital mutilations.And behold what courage really looks like:
And these things all happen in North America, too, albeit to a lesser degree.
On this 100th International Women’s Day, the challenge for feminists has become both imperative and anguishing: Will they argue forever against American television sitcoms of the 1950s — or are they morally and intellectually capable of recognizing the dangers to women’s aspirations in the 21st century? Can they transcend their inherited ideology, and recognize that the best and only guarantee of women’s equality is Western liberal democratic capitalism? Will they accept critics of Third World misogyny — such as Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Irshad Manji — into the pantheon of feminism along with Mary Wollstonecraft, Susan B. Anthony and Simone de Beauvoir? Can they perceive that the people who would destroy Israel hate women even more than they hate Jews?"
And who do you think supports those who are about to kill her? The Tea Party? Conservatives?
Umm, no.
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