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2004-07-15 Iraq-Jordan

What women can wear? Iranâs hottest issue

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Posted by Dragon Fly 2004-07-15 7:25:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Peephole Burkas... mmmmmmm.

Posted by Howard UK 2004-07-15 9:08:30 AM|| 2004-07-15 9:08:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "...women who have cast aside the traditional head-to-toe black chador in favour of colourful scarves, tight coats and calf-length capri pants"

Is that all? Yeeeea baby!

Sorry to the lady R'burgers, but those Persian kittens are hot.

Posted by Bulldog 2004-07-15 9:16:06 AM|| 2004-07-15 9:16:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Miiiiiaow!!

Posted by Howard UK 2004-07-15 9:19:24 AM|| 2004-07-15 9:19:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 DF,
Black only. One size fits most.

I think you have just found the Henry Ford of chadors.
Good thing the face was erased, else I woudn't be able to control myself.

Posted by ed 2004-07-15 9:23:25 AM|| 2004-07-15 9:23:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 What can women in Iran wear?

Black combat boots? No, too masculine.
A Sister Betrille bonnet? No, they might escape and live the lives of harlots.
Ummm...
Glasses? No, glasses are a symbol of education. These are women after all.
Chaps? No, the women might get sexually excited.
Uh...
A bustle? No, big swaying hips under a hijab might sexually stimulate men.

A chastity belt and concrete shoes?
We have a winner!

Posted by jules 187 2004-07-15 11:18:13 AM|| 2004-07-15 11:18:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 What I love is when female Islamist apologists insist that Islamic clothing is not hot or uncomfortable or a hinderance to movement, then their sisters out in the real world demonstrate that in fact this sh*t is an awful burden on women. Notice where the article says that women seek cooler and more comfortable clothing in the summer months. Womens Islamic clothing is barbaric in real world conditions.

I think the only women who aren't burdened by it would be those who never leave the house! *snark snark*

Posted by peggy 2004-07-15 11:59:21 AM|| 2004-07-15 11:59:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Girls Gone Wild - Baghdad - $19.95

Posted by .com 2004-07-15 12:53:53 PM|| 2004-07-15 12:53:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 " . . . colourful scarves, tight coats and calf-length capri pants"

Yeah. That's the REAL Iranians, all right. The Persians have always been big on opulence, style, fashion--and the mad mullahs aren't going to be able to change their fascination with glitz by forcing them to submit to what looks like shroud-like, black death gowns (see article link ).

Now--on to the symbolism of the chador. Obviously, the men promoting chador-wearing want to deny women:

- their individuality
- their intelligence
- their personality
- their expression of femininity / sexuality
- their existence
You get the picture. Plus, the truth is, they like to play "virgin" with their women. I will explain:

Because they are arrested in their development as men, they like the "surprise" side of sexuality (which is prevalent in adolescence and early adulthood, typically). Well, gee whiz, and guess what? That don't last. By design, a deeper and more fulfilling, and more sexually satisfying, relationship is characteristic of mature, committed couples. But they don't even live in that universe.

So what to do, they ask themselves. Ding-ding! They've gone and invented "the next best thing."

With the chador as a required dress code for women, the man's experience of "sexuality" (if you want to call it that) is heightened at the time of engagement, because he isn't as desensitized to female form, and certainly not to female nudity. So they can "pretend" they are having a âvirginalâ experience (which also is stupid because they are treating women as personal property sex objects, sans relationship). In other words, through the use of the chador, they are enslaving women to their own arrested sexual/personal development. This is the same principle behind Female Genital Mutilation, and even honor killings, albeit, honor killings enact the same in a more twisted direction, because they actually do end up killing the women.

What a bunch of sickos. The Iranians need their country back. The Shah was better. They should kick the mullahs out, reinstate the Shah's son as a figurehead leader (like in the UK) and develop some kind of constitutional/parliamentary system.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-07-15 4:33:36 PM|| 2004-07-15 4:33:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 .com the dustdevil video was worth the price of admission.... reminds me of Amarillo.

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-15 5:36:48 PM|| 2004-07-15 5:36:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey, Ship. Yeah, there were 2 or 3 there worth the d/l. Amarillo, huh? With the Pantex site, it's prolly a good place to be from...

Posted by .com 2004-07-15 6:44:57 PM|| 2004-07-15 6:44:57 PM|| Front Page Top

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