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SequoiaHopelast Wednesday at 12:28 AM2 repliesview on HN

Another way of saying this is that women forced men to stop denying them their rights. This centers women’s’ agency in the discussion rather than men.


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thatcatlast Wednesday at 1:04 AM

Or you could say a coalition of women and their male allies forced the state to acknowledge their innate human rights, if you wanted to focus on accuracy and cohesion.

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snehklast Wednesday at 7:16 AM

Sure but that also means that if women in countries like Afghanistan just weren't so inherently weak, they could enjoy so many more freedoms.

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