Jeans 'are named for jinns and can make you infertile', Iranians told
The National / Michael Theodoulou/Maryam Sinaee
25-Jun-2011 (4 comments)

Iranian men have been warned: jeans can make you infertile because they cause you to overheat. At least this is the opinion expressed by a young man in an interview aired on Iran's state television this month.

Ali Akbar Rafiepour was introduced as a "public speaker and strategist". His views, relayed by YouTube and Facebook, met with ridicule from Iranians at home and abroad.

What Iranians wear is a politically charged issue every sweltering summer, when the number of Islamic "morality police" on the streets is beefed up to ensure those wearing lighter clothing comply with the country's strict dress codes.

This year their ranks have swelled ominously, with 70,000 police officers deployed on fashion duty in Tehran, the state news agency, IRNA said.

The annual crackdown has traditionally targeted women. The authorities derogatorily brand as "mannequins" those who flout the rules by thrusting back their obligatory headscarves, wearing a dash of make-up or flashing a bit of ankle.

But every year throws up new twists. This summer men have been banned from sporting necklaces and other "bling". Last year, Iran published a catalogue of permissible "Islamic" hairstyles for men; a dab of gel is acceptable but ponytails and a spiked style known locally as the "rooster" are blacklisted.

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radius-of-the-persian-cat

About Jeans, and how to sit properly ;-)

by radius-of-the-persian-cat on Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Come on folks, there is an easy way round:  If hanging around in the coffee shop or any other convinient place in tight jeans, just give your legs a bit of a easy position. This helps to ventilate and in particulare please the female guests. One of the most witty and brilliant female bloggers, Zoe Margolis (aka Abby Lee) wrote a really intelligent short essay about this a while ago. Here are the first paragraphs of it:

Dear Men,

Yes you. All of you. We need to talk.

Allow me to bring something to your attention, if I may. That being the problem of how you sit. Everywhere you are, you always seem to sit in the same way: with your legs spread widely apart; whether on the tube, in an office, or in that coffee shop in Soho last week, where you distracted me from my writing a post on my blog.

Here’s the thing: unless we are going to have sex, I really must ask that you keep your legs together - it would be hugely appreciated if you could. Don't get me wrong: I quite like seeing a man with his legs splayed when he is sitting down, but that, you see, is where problems arise (possibly literally, but we'll come to that later). ....... 

 

for the complete text go to 

//girlwithaonetrackmind.blogspot.com/2010/04/display.html 

 


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Reality-Bites

Well.....

by Reality-Bites on Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:13 AM PDT

...considering the population of Iran has more than doubled in the past 32 years, maybe some degree of unintentional infertility inducement might not be such a bad idea.


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Simorgh5555

John

by Simorgh5555 on Sat Jun 25, 2011 03:21 PM PDT

I heard that too. funny though.


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John

Actually, this has a kernel of truth

by John on Sat Jun 25, 2011 02:31 PM PDT

It has been proven that wearing tight pants / underwear, although not specifically jeans, can reduce fertility in men due to elevated scrotal temperature.


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