Iran arrests 300 ‘insufficiently veiled’ women

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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    Ahnimus you must be a blast on a date.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    mammasan wrote:
    Ahnimus you must be a blast on a date.

    I guess it depends on who he's dating ... Chicks into discussing the nature of free will and nails through peoples' balls might very well be thrilled.
    :)
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    reborncareerist wrote:
    I guess it depends on who he's dating ... Chicks into discussing the nature of free will and nails through peoples' balls might very well be thrilled.
    :)

    true.
    "When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." - Ron Paul
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    reborncareerist wrote:
    I am not exactly a hardcore feminist or anything, but this post is sensible and difficult to challenge. Almost every woman I know and love can relate to this sort of experience, so there's got to be something to it.
    Men ARE lucky, in that they don't have to worry about this in the same way that women do.
    I had a boyfriend years ago that didn't believe the stories I would tell him about being harrassed in public ... he seemed to think I was making them up to make him jealous or something :rolleyes: One night I wanted to walk to the store that was 6 or 7 blocks away, so I asked him to follow me, about a half-block behind, just to show him ... on a nice summer evening, I knew there'd be plenty of idiots honking and hollering out windows. We were about halfway there when he caught up to me and said "Jeez, I had no idea! I don't know how you work up the nerve to leave the house!" Of course, after that HE decided that he didn't want me to leave the house alone, so he didn't last long as a boyfriend, but the point is that I don't think most men have any idea how big of an issue this is in the lives of women. Every single one of those honking, hollering idiots is a threat, because you never know if this is the car that's going to pull up next to you, or pull into a driveway and block your path.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    hippiemom wrote:
    I had a boyfriend years ago that didn't believe the stories I would tell him about being harrassed in public ... he seemed to think I was making them up to make him jealous or something :rolleyes: One night I wanted to walk to the store that was 6 or 7 blocks away, so I asked him to follow me, about a half-block behind, just to show him ... on a nice summer evening, I knew there'd be plenty of idiots honking and hollering out windows. We were about halfway there when he caught up to me and said "Jeez, I had no idea! I don't know how you work up the nerve to leave the house!" Of course, after that HE decided that he didn't want me to leave the house alone, so he didn't last long as a boyfriend, but the point is that I don't think most men have any idea how big of an issue this is in the lives of women. Every single one of those honking, hollering idiots is a threat, because you never know if this is the car that's going to pull up next to you, or pull into a driveway and block your path.

    My wife has told me similar stories ... I am not exactly a threatening looking guy or anything, but when its the two of us out, men barely spare her a glance. When she's by herself, its nothing but gawking at her chest ... Guys will stroll up and start conversations. Most of them are harmless, but as a woman you'd never know for sure. Its certainly an experience most men cannot relate to.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,869
    hippiemom wrote:
    Just like obese hairy-backed men in shorts and wifebeaters ....

    LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS!!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS!!!!!!
    LMFAO!!! :D

    Hey, you were decently dressed when I met you .... I had no idea .....
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Ahnimus wrote:
    But we know women are equal and just as cruel and vile as men. That is what equal means after all.

    Did I mention how boring this board is today?

    someone's got serious mommy issues.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    hippiemom wrote:
    I had a boyfriend years ago that didn't believe the stories I would tell him about being harrassed in public ... he seemed to think I was making them up to make him jealous or something :rolleyes: One night I wanted to walk to the store that was 6 or 7 blocks away, so I asked him to follow me, about a half-block behind, just to show him ... on a nice summer evening, I knew there'd be plenty of idiots honking and hollering out windows. We were about halfway there when he caught up to me and said "Jeez, I had no idea! I don't know how you work up the nerve to leave the house!" Of course, after that HE decided that he didn't want me to leave the house alone, so he didn't last long as a boyfriend, but the point is that I don't think most men have any idea how big of an issue this is in the lives of women. Every single one of those honking, hollering idiots is a threat, because you never know if this is the car that's going to pull up next to you, or pull into a driveway and block your path.

    i dont honk or holler but i have been know to run into walls and oncoming traffic while staring... im only human!
  • hippiemom
    hippiemom Posts: 3,326
    soulsinging wrote:
    i dont honk or holler but i have been know to run into walls and oncoming traffic while staring... im only human!
    Hahaha ... my step-sister caused a traffic accident once, just standing on a corner waiting for a light to change. When the cop questioned that guy as to what the hell he thought he was doing, he apologized, admitted it was all his fault, said it was because he was staring at the blonde.

    Was that you?!!?!
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • tara
    tara Posts: 293
    hippiemom wrote:
    I had a boyfriend years ago that didn't believe the stories I would tell him about being harrassed in public ... he seemed to think I was making them up to make him jealous or something :rolleyes: One night I wanted to walk to the store that was 6 or 7 blocks away, so I asked him to follow me, about a half-block behind, just to show him ... on a nice summer evening, I knew there'd be plenty of idiots honking and hollering out windows. We were about halfway there when he caught up to me and said "Jeez, I had no idea! I don't know how you work up the nerve to leave the house!" Of course, after that HE decided that he didn't want me to leave the house alone, so he didn't last long as a boyfriend, but the point is that I don't think most men have any idea how big of an issue this is in the lives of women. Every single one of those honking, hollering idiots is a threat, because you never know if this is the car that's going to pull up next to you, or pull into a driveway and block your path.


    ugg, i hate those guys. thankfully i rarely have to deal with them, the guys in toronto generally have quite good manners. i did however do a semester in london, ontario, it's one of those towns where nobody walks anywhere, there are barely sidewalks anywhere, and there's a real hawaiian shirt/beer type culture. i, along with 2 of my girl freinds are city kids, and didn't understand the concept of driving to the grocery store, so we walked, along the side of the non-sidewalked 4 lane road, on the way back we were carrying tons of stuff (as you usually do from the grocery store), and every idiot guy honked at us. i wondered what the purpose was, did they think that i would toss down the groceries, chase them down, and beg them to teach me the mysteries of sex? at least they could have been gentlemen and offered us a ride with all our groceries :D
    No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it.
    Albert Einstein
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    mammasan wrote:
    Ahnimus you must be a blast on a date.[/QUOT


    TOO FUNNY!!! :D


    Seriously though I read this thread and yet I am called a nutter to say that women are mistreated in other countries and yet here is a PERFECT example :confused: of what I had meant.. anywho you can't make people see what they don't want to see. Mind you yes men are also targeted by these vice police.. jaysus. I can't even wrap my mind around it ( really though should be no surprise that my small little woman brain can't grasp that :rolleyes: ) Misogyny is alive and well, folks.



    Tara, I really liked your post. Well said.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    tara wrote:
    ugg, i hate those guys. thankfully i rarely have to deal with them, the guys in toronto generally have quite good manners. i did however do a semester in london, ontario, it's one of those towns where nobody walks anywhere, there are barely sidewalks anywhere, and there's a real hawaiian shirt/beer type culture. i, along with 2 of my girl freinds are city kids, and didn't understand the concept of driving to the grocery store, so we walked, along the side of the non-sidewalked 4 lane road, on the way back we were carrying tons of stuff (as you usually do from the grocery store), and every idiot guy honked at us. i wondered what the purpose was, did they think that i would toss down the groceries, chase them down, and beg them to teach me the mysteries of sex? at least they could have been gentlemen and offered us a ride with all our groceries :D

    I live in London and I walk everywhere. I saw a super hot woman today and looked her and then quickly looked away as she looked at me, and I continued on my way silently.

    So, not every guy in London is as you say. Just the beer-drinking hawaiin shirt type guys in their cars.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    This thread has some pretty hilarious comments... :D

    I dunno... If I never got to see any part of a woman's body in public and one day got a brief glimpse of say, a naked ankle (or a little bit more ) it would probably be a huge turn on and cause me to think impure thoughts... kinda like all the upskirt voyeur pay sites that turn a buck.

    Sure they might need to loosen up a little more to our standards (or do they)?

    It's all point of reference.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    mammasan wrote:
    Ahnimus you must be a blast on a date.

    The true irony is that women interested in dating me soon become disgusted and extract themselves from my life. Women that are forced into my life by some aqcuantance with a family member, find me to be a great person and they try to get me hooked-up with their friends, but their friends flee in fear.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    This thread has some pretty hilarious comments... :D

    I dunno... If I never got to see any part of a woman's body in public and one day got a brief glimpse of say, a naked ankle (or a little bit more ) it would probably be a huge turn on and cause me to think impure thoughts... kinda like all the upskirt voyeur pay sites that turn a buck.

    Sure they might need to loosen up a little more to our standards (or do they)?

    It's all point of reference.

    Thinking about vagina is as pure as it gets.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Ahnimus wrote:
    .................Did I mention how boring this board is today?


    YAWN! Yes I noticed you were about.
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

    Hold on to the thread
    The currents will shift
  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    tara wrote:
    ugg, i hate those guys. thankfully i rarely have to deal with them, the guys in toronto generally have quite good manners. i did however do a semester in london, ontario, it's one of those towns where nobody walks anywhere, there are barely sidewalks anywhere, and there's a real hawaiian shirt/beer type culture. i, along with 2 of my girl freinds are city kids, and didn't understand the concept of driving to the grocery store, so we walked, along the side of the non-sidewalked 4 lane road, on the way back we were carrying tons of stuff (as you usually do from the grocery store), and every idiot guy honked at us. i wondered what the purpose was, did they think that i would toss down the groceries, chase them down, and beg them to teach me the mysteries of sex? at least they could have been gentlemen and offered us a ride with all our groceries :D


    OMG that was TOO funny ;) I have been to London as I have a good friend doing her residency at UWO and nobody ever honked at me :o:p but I did have some great Thai food :) I live in a small town and there are like two streets I would probably never walk down simply because people would be yelling and honking or asking if I fell from heaven blah blah blah..
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Thinking about vagina is as pure as it gets.

    Actually....I'd take that a step further... :D

    I'd make a terrible Muslim....


    did I mention I''m already drunk on a Tuesday? ...lol
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • small town beck
    small town beck Posts: 6,691
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Actually....I'd take that a step further... :D

    I'd make a terrible Muslim....


    did I mention I''m already drunk on a Tuesday? ...lol


    I mentioned drinking on a Tuesday and someone said it was too soon in the week. Feckin' lightweights :rolleyes: :p

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