That women continue to be oppressed in all sorts of subtle, and often not-so-subtle, ways does not surprise me. So the latest news that the Iranian government are enforcing "correct" Islamic dress codes on women (tell me, do the men ever get the same treatment?) raised simply a sigh of resignation with me. But what really caught my eye was the quote from Sae’ed Mortazavi, Tehran’s public prosecutor:
"These women who appear in public like decadent models, endanger the security and dignity of young men".
Er, hello? I’m sure he absolutely believes that nonsense. In any rational world he’d be laughed out of office; the horrifying thing is that he probably reflects majority opinion in Iran. Terrifying.
Oh, by the way, don’t assume that this is just a nasty little result of Islam; Christian men can be equally stupid. It seems to me that men, and stupidity, are the common denominators here…
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