tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post8418762731257472372..comments2023-10-02T16:29:40.087+01:00Comments on neo-resistance: Women on the death rowNajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-27847695302244980732007-02-12T19:07:00.000+00:002007-02-12T19:07:00.000+00:00Hi Homie,You know I had a Pakistani friend visitin...Hi Homie,<BR/><BR/>You know I had a Pakistani friend visiting me the other day, who was asking me about "so were you forced to wear Borqa, because of Iranian fundamentalism."<BR/><BR/>"Iranian fundamentalism doesn exist", I told her. (Then went throughthe dance and song of pictorial evidence of my half-scarved head, hair hanging out in front and back, a big piece of pizza stuffed in mouth, a Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-67915371766559712232007-02-12T18:57:00.000+00:002007-02-12T18:57:00.000+00:00Sadr draws attention to the image of women in Pers...<I>Sadr draws attention to the image of women in Persian culture, typifying kindness, love and nurturing, which can hardly be juxtaposed with the images of a death deserving criminal.</I><BR/><BR/><B>Shadi Sadr</B> was speaking in the specific context of Persian culture. (If something is Persian, it doesn't mean it is exclusively so.) <BR/><BR/>If the mythology has a role in the formation of a Najhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728668942925956610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-66474904857068879082007-02-12T15:54:00.000+00:002007-02-12T15:54:00.000+00:00Naj,It has nothing to do with Persian culture. It...Naj,<BR/>It has nothing to do with Persian culture. It has to do with geder culture that bestows violence on men and nonviolence on women. Although this is may be completely wrong because the history of the women's liberation movement has shown that women who occupy previously exclusively men's territory, like high crporate positions where the violence culture is routine, tend in their majoritySophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09577807573716384982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4378687839405064553.post-33317011027068379142007-02-10T15:15:00.000+00:002007-02-10T15:15:00.000+00:00Naj, you raised important points. Often people ask...Naj, you raised important points. Often people ask: isn't it difficult for a woman to do this and that... in the same voice when asking about scarves:) my ready made answer is usually "it isn't that easy for men either."<BR/>btw I guess you received my email about http://100milyard.blogfa.com/<BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com