Two recent articles about the way women work and are portrayed in the media caught my attention. The contrast deserves an eye, I think. First, John Hawkins has a really interesting article up in which he interviews 5 female bloggers of conservative mind about their experiences working in Internet media. One common theme: Female bloggers…
Category: Women’s Rights
A Feminist’s Regrets
Lori Gottlieb has written what can only be described as a soul-baring essay about her regrets over never having married. Highly recommended reading, though many "liberated" women may have a difficult time acknowledging what Gottlieb has to say about her own misspent 20s and 30s. Of course, we’d be loath to admit it in this…
Saudi Thought Police Bust Mom in Starbucks
The 7th century geniuses who brought us jihad are still hard at work, this time making the world safe for male Muslim coffee drinkers: A 37-year-old American businesswoman and married mother of three is seeking justice after she was thrown in jail by Saudi Arabia’s religious police for sitting with a male colleague at a…
Dishonorable Parenting
First there came the sickening Chicago case of the Hindu man from India who set his daughter – who was pregnant, son-in-law, and the couple’s 3-year-old toddler. Why did Subhash Chander burn his three close relatives to death while they slept? The India native told police he disliked his son-in-law because he belonged to a…
Saudi Rape Victim’s Sentence
No, the sentence of 200 lashes handed down to a Saudi girl for being alone with a man before being attacked and brutally gang-raped by 7 other men has NOT been reversed. But it has been “clarified“, according to CNN: The Justice Ministry acknowledged in its statement Tuesday that the [young woman’s] attorney is no longer…
Saudi Women Want to Drive
And why not? The BBC says that a group of Saudi women plan to deliver a petition to the King Abdullah which would, if approved, allow them to drive cars for the first time. Members of the Committee of Demanders of Women’s Right to Drive Cars plan to deliver a petition to King Abdullah by…