Comments on: Making Things Worse In Iraq

By: Denying, Dismissing, Minimising, and Ignoring the Harm to Men « Creative Destruction

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:04:30 +0000

[...] Barry’s honest answer was “no and no”. And to his credit, he has addressed the issue in subsequent posts, though he has never lead on the subject. I’ll put the same two questions to curiousgyrl: Can she identify more than a handful of mainstream feminists who have blogged honestly about the catastrophic sex-selective targetting of men for slaughter in Iraq and elsewhere? Can she identify any, other than Barry’s recent posts? I have a few more questions. How is it that Barry, who is unquestionably well-read on the subject of the Iraq war, could have been unaware of the catastrophic sex-selective targetting of men for slaughter? Is curiousgyrl aware of it? If not, why not? If so, how did she become aware of it? Not through feminism, or a “gender studies” class, I’ll bet. [...]

By: Feminist Critics

Feminist Critics — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

feminists] who have blogged honestly about the catastrophic gender-selective targeting of men for slaughter in Iraq and elsewhere? Can he identify any? Barry’s honest answer was “no and no”. And to his credit, he has addressed the issue in subsequent posts, though he has never lead on the subject. I’ll put the same two questions to curiousgyrl: Can she identify more than a handful of mainstream feminists who have blogged honestly about the catastrophic sex-selective targetting of men for

By: Pacific Views

Pacific Views — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

, which says that “since the 1979 Revolution: Iran’s Islamic government has managed to convince even traditional rural families that it is safe to send their daughters away from home to study.” I will paraphrase Amp’s commentary of the other day to say that the freedoms to walk outside your house without a scarf on, to have your testimony in court valued equal to a man’s and work without having to secure permission are important, but not the only measures of freedom. While

By: Let me tell you a story called...

Let me tell you a story called... — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Over at Alas, a blog, Ampersand’s put together a good round-up of responses to the truly incredible reduction of terrorist threats and violence (not to mention a continuing respect for human rights and international consensus) brought about by the war in Iraq.