Mary: Can we even put ourselves in the mind set of a woman in a provincial part of afghanistan who never thought that way? Is that a possibility? And should we be acknowledging imean yoben? Evenifwo go back to the soviet occupation, em soviets expended a greatdeal effort into now expanding girl's education and having female pilots and female politicians. Maternal death rates are extremely high among afghan women. The taliban have written very compassionately about this. But i think we should take everybody's pronouncements with a healthy pinch of salt.
UnHerd's contributors look back at a tumultuous year.
The year began with riots in Capitol Hill in Washington and the removal of Donald Trump from social media; in March Meghan and Harry gave their interview to Oprah from a Los Angeles mansion, and in April Prince Phillip passed away; Western troops departed Afghanistan, leaving chaotic scenes in the capital Kabul; Maya Forstater was judged by the courts to be legally entitled to her gender critical viewpoints — and Kathleen Stock was forced out of Sussex University; bitcoin became formal tender in its first nation state; and Covid dominated public policy for the second year running.
Freddie Sayers is joined by Aris Roussinos and Mary Harrington to look back on a tumultuous and consequential year.
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