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# Posted 12:05 AM by Ariel David Adesnik 
Ampersand suggests that
The "vs." in David's title makes no sense: Whether gender egalitarianism is a precondition of democracy (as the Foreign Policy article suggests) or democracy a precondition of gender egalitarianism (as David argues), in both cases the interests of feminism and democracy are aligned.As both a feminist and an advocate of democracy promotion, I believe that the interests of feminism and democracy promotion are in fact aligned. However, the authors of the Foreign Policy essay imply that one cannot promote democracy unless one first promotes feminism. As such, they are insisting that one must delay the promotion of democracy until after the successful promotion of feminism. Hence the use appearance of "vs." in the title of my post.
Let me be clear: I do not believe that one must choose between feminism and democracy promotion. As Ampersand suggests, the interests of both may be best served by pursuing both at once. Let us hope that all feminists recognize this point and decide to throw their weight behind the efforts of the United States and the United Kingdom to promote democracy in Iraq. (0) opinions -- Add your opinion
