Following the first Palestinian suicide bombing by a woman, the spiritual leader of the Hamas, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, has come out against women conducting suicide attacks as part of the anti-Israeli uprising. "I'm saying that in this phase (of the uprising), the participation of women is not needed in martyr operations, like men," Yassin said in an interview with the London-based Asharq al-Awsat daily. "We can't meet the growing demands of young men who wish to carry out martyr operations." However, he added that once the current 16-month old intifada enters its "decisive phase, everyone will participate without exception" and that "women form the second line of defence in the resistance to the occupation".Oh, crap. Second line of defense? This feminist says it's downright ludicrous to suggest that the average teenage male can't figure out how to make his own pipe bomb. It's more like, "Girl suicide bombers who sign up 'cuz they wanna meet those 72 virgins are a species of womyn I'd rather not deal with!" And that "too much demand" business is an awfully transparent attempt to keep the young hotheads under somebody else's control. I'm sure our Palestinian sisters can't wait to hear what's coming next. "Ladies, grab your flowerpots! We're counting on you for the house-to-house fighting." I propose we just run a computer simulation, and hand everyone slated to die in all of this a ticket to Polynesia, or 40 acres and a mule instead.
Posted by la_feminista 2/4/2002 8:29:32 PM Ummm... Personally, if I were a chick, even if I were a feminist, I'd leave it to the guys. Of course, if I was a Palestinian fellow, I'd think it was a great idea for the ladies to go "boom" while I sat around smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. But that might be because I, personally, have this phobia about exploding...
Posted by Fred 2/5/2002 12:32:55 AM |