I saw the interview the guys did with Greta and she kept interjecting herself into the conversation. You could tell Greta was getting fed up with her.
My question to Olaf is...what if it had been your wife who was kidnapped and they beheaded her? Would he still say we need to "understand them?"
I think that would be different of course. He said he was angry for the torment they put his family through, but not so much for himself. I think that is a big difference.
We could ask Daniel Pearls wife that question.
I am not a feminist. I am now a SAHM with 3 kids. However, I do have a degree in engineering, and worked for 10 years before having kids.
When you do work, people start to recognize your name. I think some women don't change their name because of that. I never had a middle name, so my maiden name became my middle name and then I added by husband's name.
I have a very successful cousin who is the president of a company that she started. When she got married, she didn't legally change her name. However, she doesn't mind being called her Mrs. ?? or Mr. & Mrs. ??. She also never had children (she had breast cancer when she was young).
It's just a career thing.