Opinion: In today’s pages: False modesty, useless subsidy, Utah tragedy
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Girl360 founder Anne K. Ream explains why the ‘modesty movement’ makes her nervous:
They call themselves sexual revolutionaries, but that might be something of a misnomer: In their world, abstinence is the order of the day and female virtue is the best way to ensure female safety. The faith-based website purefashion.com, which encourages teen girls to ‘live the virtues of modesty and purity,’ instructs young women to be ‘helpful at home . . . obedient and happy.’ What’s troubling about this language is how neatly it anticipates the findings of a Yale University study showing that men who get angry in the workplace are admired, while women who express displeasure are seen as ‘out of control.’ So much for the idea that well-behaved women rarely make history. Apparently, it’s far more important for girls to make nice....
Columnist Jonah Goldberg argues that conservatives will make a comeback online when liberals are in power. Author Nic Dunlop assesses what a former Khmer Rouge figure’s indictment means for Cambodia. And public relations consultant Jon Harmon comments on the crisis communication skills of mining company CEO Robert E. Murray during the Utah disaster.
The editorial board praises the Federal Reserve for worrying about Main Street instead of just Wall Street, and reemphasizes that Congress is going to have to repair its own FISA fix. But, the board acknowleges, Congress, or at least the House, did do well to remove a subsidy for loggers in Alaska.
Readers react to California’s budget delay. Culver City’s Linda Winters suggests: ‘In the future, every obstructionist legislator should be fined $1,000 every day he holds up the budget....’