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prodigitalson

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17. by choice,

Reply to Warpy (Reply #7)

Thu Sep 22, 2022, 11:26 PM

Sep 2022

I know several ME women who wear head scarfs out of tradition but also jeans and t shirt. They date partners of there choice and speak their minds. I have even drunk beer with them on several times and had conversations in which they expressed their distaste of Iran's treatment of women and love American cinema and literature and freedom.

oh, yeah, they are in the US where a beating death from the 'morality' police isn't very likely.

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Iran's President abandons CNN interview after Amanpour declines head scarf demand [View all] brooklynite Sep 2022 OP

They were at the UN, not in Iran. Fuck that medieval asshole. SunSeeker Sep 2022 #1

I bet he did not want to be interviewed. After the young Iranian girl died in custody mitch96 Sep 2022 #13

She is an excellent journalist. Fox Nudes could take a lesson from her. But they won't. ificandream Sep 2022 #2

I just love her!!! hamsterjill Sep 2022 #3

yup, Christiane Amanpour is by far the best international journalist out there. Amazing strength & onetexan Sep 2022 #6

Good for her! eissa Sep 2022 #4

Quite a lot of educated women are wearing the hijab in places they don't need to Warpy Sep 2022 #7

Stockholm Syndrome eissa Sep 2022 #12

They stop when they start getting corrected on what's really in the Quran and what is not. Warpy Sep 2022 #15

oh please, women don't put on a niqab to stop catcalling . Do you think women in non Islamic JI7 Sep 2022 #22

Yes , and women from the middle east are the ones most speaking out like this JI7 Sep 2022 #23

by choice, prodigitalson Sep 2022 #17

If it's truly voluntary they should fight laws that require it . But the fact is that it's not JI7 Sep 2022 #21

Yes, that's a lot of nerve PatSeg Sep 2022 #9

He found an excuse to back out. maxsolomon Sep 2022 #5

👆 Exactly. He wanted a photo op crickets Sep 2022 #16

Many women cover their heads when they visit with Muslim people. Just a matter of respect question everything Sep 2022 #8

Because misogynistic practices eissa Sep 2022 #10

You missed the fact that this interview was to be in New York. yardwork Sep 2022 #11

Because ... fuck that? Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2022 #14

This is such bs. Those things are all rooted in misogyny JI7 Sep 2022 #20

FUCK religion kwolf68 Sep 2022 #18

Raisi just didn't want to be faced with hard questions GenThePerservering Sep 2022 #19