Iran was a relatively progressive country prior to the revolution.
I think of this every time some asshat says "women in America have it good. There's no sexism here". I know damn well this kind of thing is waiting right under the suface and it wouldn't take much for us to go full "handmaids tale".
most men would love a woman to be their bitches and serve them.
Though well made and acted, I only watched a couple of episodes of handmaids tale. Just too unsettling to watch. Of all the dystopian futures projected, a high tech new religious dark age is the worst for me, probably because huge numbers of right wing religious Christian crazies would like nothing better, with God everywhere and women on a leash.
@David1955 yeah dude. It's a book too
@Blindbird Yeah, just re-read it. "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum!" For all of us!
Always loved this photo! Wonder how long he lasted, tho.
Wow big difference in facial expressions - body language. Sad.
Most people today don't know how the middle east looked before the 80s/90s. It's a warning about unchecked religious power in government (aka Cruz or pence if they had their way)
Careful, you'll all be descended upon by a horde of Regressive Left folk accusing you to being prejudiced against culture and religion, which is very, very, very bad, they say.
Fortunately, while a far left person myself, I don't concern myself with the Regressive Left, taking my cue from Dawkins and Harris in that sense.
How can such practices as above be in the 21st Century?
Because what year it is as a reason why things should be different has boggled minds for melenia. “0h, there have been technical advancements, but how little man himself has changed“. -Kahn, Star Trek
@ArdentAtheist I wish I could like this multiple times for quoting Kahn
Only problem I see is the captions... one call them "women".... the other are "school girls". So the students are in uniform. A uniform is a Uniform is a UNIFORM. My Thought.
I betcha the uniforms are different now!