Comments on: It’s a Crime in Iran to be a Woman http://workingshirt.com/news/it%e2%80%99s-a-crime-in-iran-to-be-a-woman/ An Online Magazine featuring commentary, recent news, politics, human rights, lifestyle and entertainment. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: WorkingShirt http://workingshirt.com/news/it%e2%80%99s-a-crime-in-iran-to-be-a-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-2166 WorkingShirt Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:27:03 +0000 http://workingshirt.com/?p=371#comment-2166 I understand totally that it is not literally a "crime" in Iran to be born a woman or live as a woman in Iran. I mean, you do not go to jail for being born with female genitalia. You are interpreting this article incorrectly. However, this article is about the lack of rights a woman in Iran has and the fact that when a woman in Iran asserts her freedom, she will be brutally suppressed by the regime. Any country which stones women (a barbaric, medieval practice indeed) would lead any rational human being on the planet earth to believe that Iran is not a safe place for a woman to live. I am sure you would agree. One could also ask, why in the case of adultery is only the woman stoned to death and the man gets off (as usual). Take for instance, that men have more rights than women in Iran. Take for instance that the people of Iran do not have the right to protest and all protests in Iran have so far been brutally suppressed by the government of Iran. <a href="http://workingshirt.com/news/bahrain-requests-troops-from-gulf-states/" rel="nofollow">Those in power in Iran feel they have the right to comment on the uprisings in the Middle East</a> (very hypocritical) but have suppressed the people of Iran when they have wanted to express their desires for more freedom and democracy (this happened in 2009 and this year). I know many Iranian people who hate the oppressive government there and hate the lack of religious freedom in the country. The fact that fashion police exist in Iran to monitor how young women dress is another example of what people of the female gender must endure. Many extremely talented journalists, writers, intellectuals, filmmakers have either been tortured and imprisoned in Iran or have had to leave the country. Even the Canadian Iranian journalist Zahra Kazemi was tortured, raped and killed by the Iranian authorities in 2003. Surely you would agree that the punishment for her crime of photographing a prison in Iran was immensely out of proportion to what she actually did. I hope, for your sake, that in your marriage your husband does not grow tired of you one day when you reach, say, 50 years of age, and he decides he want to marry a younger woman so he sets it up that it appears that you have committed adultery and it is then decided you should be stoned to death, as in the case of Soraya M. This is what happens to many women in Iran. The situation of women in Iran is not a good situation, it is one consisting of arranged marriages, slavery in the service of men, the lack financial freedom and therefore power. There are many good articles on this site written by many writers and I hope you enjoy them. Our writers do not need luck. We have the right to express our opinions and nothing on the internet is blocked as it is in Iran. The women of Iran need luck. Lots of it. I understand totally that it is not literally a “crime” in Iran to be born a woman or live as a woman in Iran. I mean, you do not go to jail for being born with female genitalia. You are interpreting this article incorrectly. However, this article is about the lack of rights a woman in Iran has and the fact that when a woman in Iran asserts her freedom, she will be brutally suppressed by the regime. Any country which stones women (a barbaric, medieval practice indeed) would lead any rational human being on the planet earth to believe that Iran is not a safe place for a woman to live. I am sure you would agree.
One could also ask, why in the case of adultery is only the woman stoned to death and the man gets off (as usual).
Take for instance, that men have more rights than women in Iran. Take for instance that the people of Iran do not have the right to protest and all protests in Iran have so far been brutally suppressed by the government of Iran. Those in power in Iran feel they have the right to comment on the uprisings in the Middle East (very hypocritical) but have suppressed the people of Iran when they have wanted to express their desires for more freedom and democracy (this happened in 2009 and this year).
I know many Iranian people who hate the oppressive government there and hate the lack of religious freedom in the country. The fact that fashion police exist in Iran to monitor how young women dress is another example of what people of the female gender must endure.
Many extremely talented journalists, writers, intellectuals, filmmakers have either been tortured and imprisoned in Iran or have had to leave the country.
Even the Canadian Iranian journalist Zahra Kazemi was tortured, raped and killed by the Iranian authorities in 2003. Surely you would agree that the punishment for her crime of photographing a prison in Iran was immensely out of proportion to what she actually did.
I hope, for your sake, that in your marriage your husband does not grow tired of you one day when you reach, say, 50 years of age, and he decides he want to marry a younger woman so he sets it up that it appears that you have committed adultery and it is then decided you should be stoned to death, as in the case of Soraya M. This is what happens to many women in Iran. The situation of women in Iran is not a good situation, it is one consisting of arranged marriages, slavery in the service of men, the lack financial freedom and therefore power.
There are many good articles on this site written by many writers and I hope you enjoy them. Our writers do not need luck. We have the right to express our opinions and nothing on the internet is blocked as it is in Iran. The women of Iran need luck. Lots of it.

]]> By: مسافر تاریخ http://workingshirt.com/news/it%e2%80%99s-a-crime-in-iran-to-be-a-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 مسافر تاریخ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:48:54 +0000 http://workingshirt.com/?p=371#comment-2157 Helloit is not a crime to be a woman in IRAN & and most of us are very happy to live in this solid. all of the countries have some problems but it is not a crime to live or born there. i am sorry for you and people like you. I am an IRANIAN girl so i am one of the girls of BIG CYRUS & DARYUSH & if i could to choose my country when i was born i choose IRAN. I HOPE FOR YOU TO WRITE GOOD ARTICLE GOOD LUCK چو ایران مباشد تن من مباد Helloit is not a crime to be a woman in IRAN & and most of us are very happy to live in this solid.
all of the countries have some problems but it is not a crime to live or born there.
i am sorry for you and people like you.
I am an IRANIAN girl so i am one of the girls of BIG CYRUS & DARYUSH & if i could to choose my country when i was born i choose IRAN. I HOPE FOR YOU TO WRITE GOOD ARTICLE
GOOD LUCK
چو ایران مباشد تن من مباد

]]> By: RealityCheck http://workingshirt.com/news/it%e2%80%99s-a-crime-in-iran-to-be-a-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 RealityCheck Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:58:33 +0000 http://workingshirt.com/?p=371#comment-1111 I watched The Stoning of Soraya M last night. Very moving. Stoning is barbaric and medieval. No justice system without equality before the law can be called a system of justice. This is not a cultural thing. It is universal. Rules for evidence are not rules unless they are applied equally. Until countries like Iran change their barbaric ways, they will be pariahs outside the world community. The Koran needs a more modern interpretation. This is not an anti-Islam post. I watched The Stoning of Soraya M last night. Very moving. Stoning is barbaric and medieval. No justice system without equality before the law can be called a system of justice. This is not a cultural thing. It is universal. Rules for evidence are not rules unless they are applied equally. Until countries like Iran change their barbaric ways, they will be pariahs outside the world community. The Koran needs a more modern interpretation.

This is not an anti-Islam post.

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