Oppression of Women

One has to wonder about someone, Robert Spencer, who is so relentless in his pursuit to "expose" the abuse of women in Islamic nations, when the women in his own nation are continuously abused right under his own nose. Sure, it fits in well with his whole "Jihad" theme, but more to the point, it strengthens the suspicion that he only cares about this issue because it makes Islam and Muslims look bad.

Why do I say this? Because the evidence of abuse of women in the United States is ample and clear. Now, if you live in a particular country, then shouldn't you be working towards the eradication of such abuse in your particular country? But Spencer does not pay even the slightest attention to such abuse, despite the evidence that such abuse in the U.S. is prevalent.

In 2003, a survey of female veterans found that 30 percent said they were raped in the military. A 2004 study of veterans who were seeking help for post-traumatic stress disorder found that 71 percent of the women said they were sexually assaulted or raped while serving. And a 1995 study of female veterans of the Gulf and earlier wars, found that 90 percent had been sexually harassed.

That's just in the U.S. military. It's just as bad domestically.

But Spencer, Horowitz, and other right wing pundits could care less. Why? Probably because it doesn't fit in well with their agenda to smear Islam and Muslims. Hypocrisy wreaks when such gentlemen open their mouths.