Power Envy

May, 1994

Do you know how many women have been genitally mutilated in Africa? Does it make the front page of any newspaper? Does anybody, any man, even care? No, no. Way too combative and guilt-tripping. Probably a lot of men do care, and just like me, they sit staring into space trying to figure out what to do about it. Go to Africa with an attitude? Then what?We live in a society where violence against women is practiced incessantly. Statistically, violent crimes have gone down, except for the rape and...