The Spectator, May 8th, 2004
Singular life
What shocked me so unutterably about those pictures of US soldiers was the photograph of a member of my sex dangling a cigarette in her mouth and pointing mockingly at the genitals of hooded prisoners. Why? Because there is something inherently repellent about the sight of a woman being simultaneously coarse and cruel.
In my naive way, I still think of women as the world's nurturers. Yet here was a disgusting depiction of the very opposite. I would not be surprised if it is this picture which has caused most rage in the Arab world. With its strict rules on and expectations of f...
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