Interesting post i saw on another forum about iran
"I think the Women of 1978 Iran would disagree entirely. When the revolution happened and self proclaimed "Allah’s own messenger", Ayatollah Khomeini began his dictatorship, the first actions were to strip them of every right they had gained over the previous 70 years, removing all family protection laws and giving females no legal recourse at all, having all professional women fired from their jobs and forced into lives of solitude and basic slavery to their husbands in their homes.
The new laws were especially progressive and designed to enhance the lives of women across Iran, gems such as these:
The legal marrying age of a woman was lowered to the age of nine, in accordance with Islamic Law.
All nurseries were closed, decried as a Western conspiracy to “deprive children of motherly love and Islamic upbringing.”
A woman’s testimony was legally reduced to half that of a man’s.
The Islamic Law of Retribution was reinstated, allowing the crime of adultery to be punished by stoning to death.
Women appearing in public were to be accompanied by a male relative at all times and be able to provide proof of the relationship. Any contact with non-related men could result in legal punishment.
Segregation of the sexes. In public transportation, women were required by law to sit in the back of the bus as the front seats were reserved for male passengers only.
Family planning was cast by the new regime as a Western conspiracy to weaken Iran, and women lost all access to these vital health services.
LOL, all sounds amazing right, lets go one step further and change the word Women to Black/Jew/Muslim/Christian/Asian/White/Whatever, how does all that play out to your sensibilities then? The current Government is a disgustingly oppressive regime, that is now engaging in straight up Murder against anyone who speaks out against it, that I hope the people rise up and free themselves from these turds."
