Bill,
Two things wrong with the Steyn essay.
First, it viciously ridiculed a serious problem women around the world, particularly in patriarchal cultures, face. And it was a ridicule that, in my estimation, went well beyond the boundaries because it was ridiculing the struggles these women face.
Second, it attempted to, viciously, ridicule a political position with which Steyn disagrees, something he calls multiculturalism and, so far as I know, does not hold the positions Steyn attributes to it.
Political ridicule is part of the terrain but when that ridicule becomes as vicious as Steyn was not only is it not addressing a problem, it is simply objectionable.
As far as the piece in the WSJ, the woman who authored it looked seriously at a problem and tried to address it. If you have a problem with her argument, perhaps you should state it so we can discuss it.
As for where I am on Muslim culture, that's a completely different story. I'm not taking a position on Muslim culture; I'm taking a position on the physical abuse of human beings.
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