Women in the news

Interestingly, this morning the "Most Popular Stories Now" listing on the BBC News website included the following four links (in a list of 10):

• "The virginity industry" (focusing primarily on Arab women)
• "Belgian lawmakers pass burka ban"
• "Woman wins bungalow brothel case" (a case in the UK)
  
• "Women earn role on US submarines"

Arab women, Islam, dress codes, sexuality, prostitution, American women, European women, women in the military --- it strikes me that this particular algorithm-generated list is a neat synecdoche for where women "fit" in terms of news and social issues these days.