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…by the international community. Smeal said she and her peers felt frustrated now that the terrorist attacks have given their darkest fears credence. "People just thought, 'Oh, there they go about the women again,' " she said. "People need to realize that women are important, not just in their own right, but that we're the canaries in the coal mine. How women are treated is a good indication of which way a society is going."