Naomi Wolf On How Facebook Empowered Arab Women

Wolf liked what she saw in Egypt and Tunisia and concluded:

women tend to avoid the figurehead status that traditional protest has in the past imposed on certain activists — almost invariably a hotheaded young man with a megaphone.

In such contexts — with a stage, a spotlight, and a spokesperson — women often shy away from leadership roles. But social media, through the very nature of the technology, have changed what leadership looks and feels like today. Facebook mimics the way many women choose to experience social reality, with connections between people just as important as individual dominance or control, if not more so.

I really don’t know what to make of that argument.