In truth, has there ever been a war fought to protect women? Against those who hate women for being womanly and who abuse/kill/hurt them especially because they are women? War happens for a lot of reasons, and people explain them away with even more. But I find myself wondering, for all the bravado of those who advocate bloodshed and killing, is it ever because lots of women are being mistreated? In truth, I mean, not in rhetoric. This post made me have such thoughts, I’m not sure they are profound but I do wonder.

In the end, war and invasion and occupation seem mostly to be about penis-measuring, at least to me. Which stands in strong contrast to many of their stated aims, which since ancient times, frequently include, “protecting women.” Whatever.  Read more