As I said months ago. In a war between the diet version of something and the pure version, the diet one always loses.
It wasnt about a secular government and freedom to not worship, it was about the rules being relaxed a bit. You donât fight to the death for showing your hair you fight to the death for sky-daddy.
Until they are willing to burn korans they will continue to live in a theocratic state.
Iâm not debating anything you said, just making conversation. I liked your idea of diet vs. pure, but wasnât able to figure out if it fits into American politics as they currently exist.
I think it doesnât, because Dems arenât very well characterized by the âpure/dietâ dichotomy.
I wish weâd learn the lesson that manipulating other countries often ends up in people being reactionary and turning toward religious nationalism to fight back against the foreign enemy. This government is in power because of Western governmentsâ actions. And then supporting a brutal proxy war against them and trying to isolate them internationally after that failed sure hasnât helped. It just fuels the reactionaries.
Dumb question, but the headscarf's purpose is to cover the women's hair, right? So what if all protesting women go bald to piss the religious guys off, would that work?
I guarantee you, theyâll think itâs a dumb question because the abusers will just attack any women who shaves her head. They donât actually care.
It will take solidarity among the Iranian people or outside intervention to fix these problems. Unfortunately, a lot of Iranian women are also rewarding the men who do this with sex.
I donât think sex is a reward for the man in most relationships. Thatâs not how it works. Marital relationships are much more complicated than that and very varied.
Do you really think life is this simple? What I see is men do things that they were taught to do to funcion in a given society, things they need to do to survive, things they like doing just for themselves (a very good motivation) and occasionally also things to look good in front of women (not necessarilly theirs). I think in most marriages men display a mixture of behaviours the woman likes and dislikes (sometimes even hates). Despite doing things the woman hates, a man can still often have sex with her either because she also sees the good things, she wants sex and is willing to overlook the bad things or she has no power to choose otherwise⊠life is really complicated. If men did only things women liked, the world would be completely different.
I mean, at the end of the day the wives either approve of their husbands actions and reward them or donât. To them, itâs better to be with a man who gets paid to kill little girls than one that doesnât. Thatâs why theyâre with them, lol.
Yeah, it really is that simple. Sorry youâre trying to overcomplicate things.
I think your âoversimplicityâ argument would hold more water against those saying itâs just the men of iran who are to blame.