If I want to feel optimistic about women’s rights in fundamentalist societies, I’d better stop reading the New York Times.<\/p>\n
If this article by Alissa J. Rubin \u2014 Efforts to Strengthen Afghan Law on Women May Backfire – NYTimes.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u2014 weren’t dispiriting enough, look at the large, color photo accompanying it. Look at all those burkas, look at them and shudder.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If I want to feel optimistic about women’s rights in fundamentalist societies, I’d better stop reading the New York Times. If this article by Alissa J. Rubin \u2014 Efforts to Strengthen Afghan Law on Women May Backfire – NYTimes.com.\u00a0\u2014 weren’t … Continue reading