The Oil Drum: The Geopolitics of Oil Gains a New Constituency: Women

The issue of Ms. Magazine that just hit the newsstands has a cover story called “Crude Awakening: How US war policies sell out women in favor of Big Oil”. The main thrust of the article is that in order to gain control of the oil supplies in many Middle Eastern countries, the United States is willing to overlook how these countries consistently violate women’s rights. The article isn’t online, but here are some snippets to give you an idea.
Much more after the jump to The Oil Drum.