Misc

Varjavand:

Am I missing some thing or is it that you are giving me the answer that I believe it should be. What I believe is that it should not be the business of a government to dictate what sort of a dress code is or is the standard for decency, unless that government believes in dictatorial type ruling. Of course we don't need to remind ourselves about that aspect of the current ruling government in Iran, right?

The society as a whole and family or individuals should be able to decide for themselves what is decent to dress or not. What is consider decent in Tehran or a big city might not seem decent in a small town but those in a small town should not have the power to dictate and change others.

Mehrdad

No to islamzation/Arabization nor Americanization/westernization

whoring out your women like Americans do is just as bad as covering your women in a ninja suite. Both societies put pressure on the women to do the things they do. This isn't rocket science.

everyone needs to have culture, dignity and respect for theirselves and their bodies, both women and men, but at the same time freedom and secularism, though the government and the media shouldn't encourage anything sluttish (American/Wetsern) nor  ninja suites (Islamic/Arab).

"You should not be afraid of the ideology but of the determination and will of the men behind it"

"A drowning man is not troubled by rain" Persian Proverb

Varjavand:

Am I missing some thing or is it that you are giving me the answer that I believe it should be. What I believe is that it should not be the business of a government to dictate what sort of a dress code is or is the standard for decency, unless that government believes in dictatorial type ruling. Of course we don't need to remind ourselves about that aspect of the current ruling government in Iran, right?

The society as a whole and family or individuals should be able to decide for themselves what is decent to dress or not. What is consider decent in Tehran or a big city might not seem decent in a small town but those in a small town should not have the power to dictate and change others.

Mehrdad

...

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDAM be ISLAM......

حجاب تحمیلی و نجابت

اگر نجابت به حجاب بود تمام فاحشه ها نجیب بودند

THE HELL WITH ISLAM, AND IT'S STUPID RULES

NEED  I SAY MORE?

Bavafa

Here is your answer:

“Even if women are free to wear whatever they want, they will not usually breach the standards of modesty. Even if modesty is a subjective concept – what is considered modest in the U.S. may be considered indecent in a Muslim country – people are rational enough to realize what is proper and what is not given the cultural circumstances they live under. Specific dress codes should not be preached or legislated for the sake of modesty; it should be left to the individual’s conscience and intuition. There are a few mandatory dress codes in the United States. Nonetheless, we don’t see anyone indecently exposed, dressed suggestively, or walking naked in the streets. I am sure the women in Iran, or any other Islamic countries for that matter, who have made their way successfully in almost every social as well as intellectual field, are judicious enough to decide for themselves what to wear and how to wear it without undermining or breaking standards of morality or decency. They certainly don’t need “big brothers” and “big sisters” looking over their shoulders or giving them instructions on proper dressing.” 

Excerpt from my article posted here a few months ago.

So arrogant and out of touch ..

Poor bloke ;)  

Yolanda! I didn't know you understood Farsi?!!!

shut your filthy mouth

1000 ta aftabeh ham biaran berizan in kesafat-etoon va booy-e taafon shoma ro nemishe shost ... martik-e aldang ...

How sexist!!!!

This a**hole essentially says that women cannot control their vanity, and it's up to the Islamic Republic to put limits in place to control women's insatiable appetite to look good.  It's in their nature, according to him!!!!

What a sexist pig. 

"as long as the established

"as long as the established codes of decency are respected"

The question is who decide what are those codes? Is that the government's job or each family or person or the society that they live in?

Mehrdad

Mandatory Veiling

No question about public decency, however, forcing strict dress code under the name of Islam is nothing more than instrument of control. What a person, regardless of male or female, wants to ware in public is his/her business as long as the established codes of decency are respected.

For an informed review on mandatory veiling, please read this article: //iranian.com/main/2009/jul/veil-mandated