Why women fight women | Joan Smith | Comment is free | The Guardian
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/27/why-women-fight-women
In her 1983 book Right-Wing Women, Andrea Dworkin argued that some women acquiesce to male authority in order to gain protection from male violence. She was right, but it isn’t just fear of violence that makes women act against their long-term interest. There’s also the little question of approval and status, as Vogue’s interview with Bruni-Sarkozy reveals.