democracy

Perhaps the most interesting question in the juxtaposition of women’s rights (or gay rights, or ethnic minority rights) and democracy is not whether some people’s rights are sacrificed for popular rule (they are), but rather whether they should be as a matter of principle.

“What are they doing out there?” So-called prayer warriors misinform and mislead the public, intimidate clients, and prevent people from exercising their rights to health care.

Rather than “where are the women,” we might ask: Why does much of U.S. public discourse frame Egypt's revolution through Islamophobia and why have corporate media focused mostly on men?