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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 12:00 AM

"Petroleum perpetuates patriarchy"

Blame oil, not fundamentalism, for keeping the Middle East's women down.
Lynn Harris

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  • Wednesday, April 2, 2008 02:55 PM

    You make a good point

    Rupert - what I took away from the article is that if I want to help out sisters overseas, helping to invest in economic opportunities for them in non-extraction industries is the way to go. Then women in other countries will have the power to create their own liberation movements.

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