From the “wilding” attacks in Central Park to systematic rape as a war crime in the Balkans, women are vulnerable to violence. Even more than reproductive choice, this writer argues, women must demand a safe enough world.
Republicans are holding fire against their favorite targets-immigrants, gay men and toddlers in Head Start-but are letting loose against women. We may want to give Clinton a smack in the head by voting for Bush, but women do so at their own peril.
