It wasn't an attack on women. It was an attack on western culture (IE non-Islamic culture) as a whole. To deem it just an "attack on women" demeans it.
It was both. They attacked western culture by attacking women.
That is a useless distinction. The attacker was probably not targeting women per se. Which makes the writer's perspective useless horse shit, because it's just an attempt to shoe horn misogyny and the patriarchy into everything per the usual. *shrug*
Did you think the Orlando shooting wasn't "targeting gay people per se" as well?
I'm not sure the two scenarios are totally comparable. Idk. Its a horrible thing either way. ---