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Thursday
May 10, 2001

Keep it clean for all ages

In response to the opinion piece "Good old-fashioned sexuality" by Naghmeh Sohrabi, I think this is what the other guy in his letter, "Who are we kidding", meant by shampoo hitting the fan. A couple of people wrote that the article "Bahram" seemed to be out of place and all of a sudden there is an opinion piece lecturing everyone about the history of sexual descriptions in the Iranian literary history, Victorian England, Iraj Mirza, Bibi Khanum Astarabady, etc.

I think Ms. Sohrabi jumped the gun a little bit here (with a vengeance), and missed the point. Yes, we all talk, think, watch, read explicit material. We won't be human if we didn't, but do we do it everywhere? In any gathering? Do you tell an explicit joke in front of an 8-year-old, or an 80-year-old elder? Even in the U.S., can a 15-year-old go to a "R" rated movie? They can't! Because the material in the movie is not suitable for their age. Are Americans old-fashioned too just because they rate their movies?

There are a lot of old-fashioned people in the U.S, and other modern countries that I am sure would have the same type of reaction if they read a similar sort of story in a publication such as The Iranian where people of all ages visit every day. I think the point all the readers where making was this: This is site for Iranians of all ages. Keep it relatively clean, please. THAT'S ALL!

And another thing, since when using words such as erection, orgasm, or the Farsi "K" or "J" words publicly is a sign of being modern? Did I miss something here, or what? By the way, it was great seeing all those words mentioned in your piece. What a lady? Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?! Give me a break! Obviously that's Ms. Sohrabi's notion of being "a modern Iranian".

Well, we all have seen her kind here and there. To you the rest of the world are either lame, or ommol if they are not hip to your jive, whatever that may be, in this case talking openly about sexuality. She attacked the reader's comments so quickly and with so much hostility that one would think she wrote the damn article herself.

Again, the interesting thing is that in her opinion-piece she was so wrapped up sounding like a know-it-all, so called modern-Iraninan-woman, that she missed some of the points people were trying to make. What an attitude? Relax, take a chill-pill. It might "DO" you good, if you know what I mean...;-)

Sam

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