What really lies behind the 'war on women'

It would be a mistake to see these attacks as simply a backlash against women. This is about empire struggling for social control

Naomi Wolf
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 24 May 2012 16.21 EDT


Are women suddenly running rampant in the streets by the millions, threatening society in unexpected ways?

You would surely think so by looking at the pattern that is visible across the nation: state by state, a well-funded legislative war on women is being unleashed. Many of these new proposed bills, or recently passed state laws, attack in novel ways women's rights to ownership of their bodies and their basic life choices, which second-wave feminists thought long won.