[dogscoff]

Wounwort- point taken, but sexism can be found anywhere. More so in modern Iraq than modern usa, almost certainly, due largely to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism- which in turn is due to heightened Western/Middle East tensions. However, the very fact that the woman in your article is allowed to show her face in public, that she can work as a reporter, that she can go around town unescorted with a foreign stranger shows that these attitudes have not yet taken hold completely: That they are the exception- an ugly, very noticable exception- rather than the norm.