Posted on 09/09/2009 5:27:58 PM PDT by HorowitzianConservative
No, the debate between Naomi Wolf and Phyllis Chesler isn't dead yet.
Quick link summary for those just jumping in:
On August 31 Phyllis Chesler wrote a piece at Pajamas Media challenging an article Naomi Wolf wrote about veiled Muslim women for the Sydney Morning Herald. Jamie Glazov, FrontPage's managing editor and a blogger for NewsReal, wrote a post in support of Chesler here. Wolf didn't care for either Chesler or Glazov's characterizations of her position. She left a comment demanding that David Horowitz, NewsReal's Editor-In-Chief, remove Glazov's blog. She also contacted Chesler. Glazov had an additional rebuttal here, Horowitz weighed in here, Robert Spencer commented here, and the other day Salon sided with Wolf here, prompting further rebuttals from Chesler here, and Glazov here. (And there are two feminists in support of Chesler here.)
Now to this summary one can add two defenses of Wolf and one somewhat neutral observer who takes some shots at both side:
AltMuslim claims that Wolf's defense of the veil is "rational culture":
Finally, there is an unusually vociferous face-off over the veil occurring in the blogosphere - but it's not among Muslims. Celebrated author and activist Naomi Wolf (who we interviewed at the start of the economic crisis) penned an article entitled, "Behind the veil lives a thriving Muslim sexuality" in which she documented her experiences in Morocco, Jordan, and Egypt.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
How come conservatives who are against government intrusion want certain articles of clothing to be banned.
used to be hot for a fembot
i might coulda reformed her given a pair of cuffs and nice crop
/s...real serious /s
Well, gee, I just can’t figure that out. Unless maybe it has to do with stopping the mandatory wearing of that clothing by women as a form of subjugation in certain cultures? But then again all conservatives are knuckle dragging misogynists, so that couldn’t be it...
Maybe because they realize that we are at war with a particular death cult and don’t want terrorist articles smuggled into places with burlap bags for clothing.
Do me Naomi.
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