{"id":20021,"date":"2014-05-15T14:28:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T18:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=20021"},"modified":"2014-05-15T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T18:28:44","slug":"global-war-against-women-whats-so-scary-about-smart-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=20021","title":{"rendered":"Global War Against Women: “What\u2019s So Scary About Smart Girls?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof captured in one headline and story (and one shimmering photograph) the central pathology of religious fundamentalism: What\u2019s So Scary About Smart Girls? – NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He begins thusly:<\/p>\n

WHEN terrorists in Nigeria organized a secret attack last month<\/a>, they didn\u2019t target an army barracks, a police department or a drone base. No, Boko Haram militants attacked what is even scarier to a fanatic: a girls\u2019 school.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what extremists do. They target educated girls, their worst nightmare.<\/em><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the Pakistani Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai in the head<\/a> at age 15. That\u2019s why the Afghan Taliban throws acid on the faces of girls who dare to seek an education.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why are fanatics so terrified of girls\u2019 education? Because there\u2019s no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn\u2019t drones firing missiles, but girls reading books<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And there it is in one question \u2212 “Why are fanatics so terrified of girls’ education?” \u2212 and its answer: “Because there’s no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn’t drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

I bolded that last sentence. Whenever in the (near) future I post under the category The Global War Against Women I could just repeat that sentence over and over again. “…girls reading books.”<\/p>\n

Thank you, Mr. Kristof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week, the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof captured in one headline and story (and one shimmering photograph) the central pathology of religious fundamentalism: What\u2019s So Scary About Smart Girls? – NYTimes.com. He begins thusly: WHEN terrorists in Nigeria organized … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[595],"class_list":["post-20021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-global-war-against-women"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t