I wonder how they would feel about, “Ho Ho Ho”?! (Iran bans the word, “women” from public TV - Abuses Escalating)
“Women” is now considered a dirty word in Iran. It has been replaced with “family.” According to adnkronosinternational:
Tehran, 29 Nov. (AKI) - The word ‘women’ must now be replaced on Iranian state television by ‘family’, reformist Norouz news agency reports.
In programmes broadcast throughout the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women last Sunday, Iranian state TV used the world family instead.
In recent weeks, Iran’s Centre for the Participation of Women [set up by the former Iranian Pres. Khatami] changed its name to the Centre for Family Matters….
The Canadian Broadcasting Company reports that in addition to banning several elements of western culture, Iran is insisting women cover themselves even more than in the past:
Iran is in the midst of a crackdown on Western books and TV shows that are considered decadent, and has stepped up warnings against women who are not covered enough to satisfy Islamic hardliners.
This is happening on the heels of a widely publicized murder of a woman for walking in public with a man who was not a member of her family. According to the National Secular Society:
…Zahra Bani Yaghoub, 27, died after being arrested in the city of Hamedan, west of Tehran, for walking in public with a man who wasn’t her husband or a relative.
The case has caused outrage among human rights activists, who say that scores of people – mainly women – have been incarcerated as part of a government “morality” blitz….
Doctor Yaghoub died after being beaten in a cell after she accused guards of being heavy-handed…
Oh, but this is just part of their culture, and the west shouldn’t interfere (right, Whoopie? We wouldn’t want to be accused of being “ugly Amercians“, now, would we?) Well, as it turns out, some of the women in Iran actually don’t appreciate being treated this way (shocker!), and have been brave enough to protest.
Payvand’s Iran News is reporting that Woman activist Jelve Javaheri Arrested, Maryam Hosseinkhah Remains in Prison, both for advocating women’s rights. One of the ongoing projects these two women were working on, along with their co-workers at “Change for Equality,” is an “International Support for Women’s Campaign“:
Iranian law considers women to be second class citizens and promotes discrimination against them. It is noteworthy that legal discrimination of this type is being enforced in a society where women comprise over 60% of those being admitted to university. It is generally believed that laws should promote social moderation by being one step ahead of cultural norms. But in Iran the law lags behind cultural norms and women’s social position and status.
Without a doubt, women of lower socio-economic status or women from religious and ethic minority groups suffer disproportionately from legal discrimination. On the other hand, these unjust laws have promoted unhealthy and unbalanced relationships between men and women and as a result have had negative consequences on the lives of men as well.
On the other hand, the Iranian government is a signatory to several international human rights conventions, and accordingly is required to bring its legal code in line with international standards. The most important international human rights standard calls for elimination of discrimination based on gender, ethnicity, religion, etc.
The Campaign aims to collect one million signatures in support of changes to discriminatory laws against women….
If you would like to sign this petition, go here.
Hat-Tip Gateway Pundit, American Thinker.
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