Lots of rather dismal reading out there about how life has changed in Iraq in the new post-Saddam era. The consensus seems to be that life
for women is much worse than before. Barry at Alas has a good summary with related links in two posts
here and
here.
Of course women suffered under Saddam. I fled his cruel regime. I personally witnessed much brutality but the subjugation of women was never a Baath Party goal. What we are seeing is deeply worrying: a reviled occupation and an openly reactionary Islamic armed insurrection taking Iraq into a new dark age.
(secondary pull-quote from Media Girl)
A little chilling to hit his summary rumination:
Increasingly, when I hear people saying we’ve “liberated the people of Iraq,” I have to wonder if by people they mean men.
It makes me shiver.
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