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JI7

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16. misleading, education for women increased AFTER the revolution . women are more educated

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 06:07 PM

Feb 2016

now and in greater numbers, even compared to men in some areas than they were before the revolution.

one of the only good things about the islamic clerics in iran. they pushed for women to be equal in this area. and it's the same reason women there made up a huge part of the protests in recent years.

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Proposed Iraqi Law Would Allow Girls As Young As 9 To Marry [View all] FLPanhandle Feb 2016 OP

But, but, but 1939 Feb 2016 #1

That's what Islam does. Who can be surprised. nt thereismore Feb 2016 #2

Get them before the drones do. PeoViejo Feb 2016 #3

Omg .... polly7 Feb 2016 #4

"It also legalizes marital rape". Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #5

But who are we to criticize hifiguy Feb 2016 #14

Proposed Iraqi Law Would Force Girls As Young As 9 To Marry Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #6

You gave a much more accurate title. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #7

Because children that young don't 'choose' much... Wounded Bear Feb 2016 #8

Iraq used to be one of the most secular countries in the ME malaise Feb 2016 #9

Saddam was an asshole, but he kept Islam culture under strict control. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #11

It is one of history's weirder ironies that the only muslim majority countries hifiguy Feb 2016 #13

There are websites that show life in Iran before the Islamic revolution FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #15

misleading, education for women increased AFTER the revolution . women are more educated JI7 Feb 2016 #16

Have you even read the Human Right's reports on Women in Iran? FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #17

are you an apologist for the oppressive shah ? before the revolution women were NOT equal in JI7 Feb 2016 #18

Simple question: Yes or No? FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #19

i would say it's about the same . i would probably prefer to live there right now than under the JI7 Feb 2016 #20

Then you aren't female or you aren't well informed. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #22

i am informed about education in iran for women , i know iranian women personally JI7 Feb 2016 #24

LOL FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #29

i'm not a man , and i'm comparing iran under the islamic clerics to under the shah . iranian women JI7 Feb 2016 #30

.. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #38

It's possible to increase education for women and repress them at the same time, you know NickB79 Feb 2016 #33

well, yeah that was a problem during the shah also. both are shitty JI7 Feb 2016 #34

Islamic clerics "pushed for women to be equal"??? hifiguy Feb 2016 #21

Another apologist. FLPanhandle Feb 2016 #23

in education JI7 Feb 2016 #25

And cloistered third-class citizens in all other ways, hifiguy Feb 2016 #26

lack of education automatically does that as under the shah JI7 Feb 2016 #27

You are kidding, aren't you? hifiguy Feb 2016 #31

they have more access to education now than before JI7 Feb 2016 #32

And it's clearly doing them no good at all NickB79 Feb 2016 #35

they all suck including the life under the shah JI7 Feb 2016 #40

That statement belongs in the "not even wrong" category. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #37

Ugh Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #10

Calling islam barbaric is an insult hifiguy Feb 2016 #12

This story is from 2014. Eugene Feb 2016 #28

Yes... Deuce Feb 2016 #41

Shhhhhhhhh... Scurrilous Feb 2016 #42

Yeah, this is a culture demanding democracy. AngryAmish Feb 2016 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Feb 2016 #39

Saddam Hussein was a dictator, BUT Iraq was under secular law Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #43