We know how it feels…to be a non-being, confined in a cage..to always be known by the name of our father, brother or husband, and have no identity of our own.  This lament from an Afghan girl could be chiseled on the gravestones of most women throughout human history.  Female oppr

I wrote recently about khatatna in the United States, the practice of slicing a girl’s gentiles, behavior common in the Middle East.  (Blog 6/30/17)  Though a cultural ritual, it has no place in the United States.  Perpetrators should be caught and punished.  Kha

Though a staunch defender of the First Amendment, I’ve experienced moments of discomfort because of it. While in politics, I questioned the legitimacy of Rap lyrics that encouraged the brutal treatment of women, for example. If the subject were race, I pointed out, the writers could

In the early 1970s, I worked hard to pass an Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) that would grant women equal protection under the law.  The movement didn’t succeed and today, many of my sex feel such a law is unnecessary.  Happily a few have begun to rethink the question and to reevalua