Rather extreme to have to leave her own country to escape an extreme culture of misogyny...


Iranians speak out over sexual harassment scandal

... Following the incident Shirani quit her job and left the country and later published the audio file, which has been listened to more than 120,000 times on her Facebook page and an Iranian news site based outside the country...

... The [Iranian official] statement said that the audio file was made with the help of "people opposing the Iranian system with political motives" and it also said that the case is "suspicious" as Shirani - who it did not name - had not lodged a criminal complaint.

"As a natural reaction, it was expected that the person pursue the case before making it public on the social media networks," it added.

Shirani has responded that she had little choice as the superiors to whom she should have been able to complain were the people she had accused.

"In a society like Iran if you happen to be weak and if you do not maintain strong ties to powerful people..then you are basically on your own," she told the Persian service of the Voice of America. "In addition to that, if you are a woman and a single mother, you are completely devoid of any value in this society." ...

... Another twitter user user shared a story about a colleague who committed suicide following constant harassment at her workplace.

The numbers of those sharing their disturbing experiences are not enormous. This is perhaps understandable, as the issue is directly linked to individual and family honour, a very-well protected asset.

Some responses to Shirani's case have blamed the conservative nature of Iranian society for a lack of respect towards women. "This closed society and the pressure from religious bias has led to such cases"...


... And all in a country where "Iranians are downloading a new app that allows them to share details of where religious morality police have set up checkpoints"!


Are their "Dark Ages" slowly becoming more enlightened by more recent times and ideas?

One example of how social media and peer pressure can work for some good... There is always hope...


All in our only one world,
Martin

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... And all in a country where "Iranians are downloading a new app that allows them to share details of where religious morality police have set up checkpoints"!

...only to come here & experience this.

Poice officer charged with rape & sexual assault

Good use of taxpayer money ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3454263/Pictured-Two-LAPD-officers-branded-disgrace-badge-charged-multiple-counts-rape-coercing-women-sex-duty.html

Pictured: The two LAPD officers branded 'a disgrace to the badge' after being charged with multiple counts of rape and coercing women to have sex with them while on duty

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I will attempt to be less nuanced and less sarcastic in the future.

If that will help you.

I think it would help everyone. This is a text based forum after all.

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A comment by the father on the linked article says it all...

She said NO so was murdered

...'It is with the deepest sense of loss and pain that I announce the loss of my daughter. She died in a pool of her own blood, as a victim of a treacherous tradition."

Former Isis Yazidi sex slaves take up arms for revenge, to win back Mosul and 'bring our women home'

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German politician pressurises police to remove the word "Rape" from reports

Fortunately, police refused to do so.

Former Isis Yazidi sex slaves take up arms for revenge, to win back Mosul and 'bring our women home'

R-E-S-P-E-C-T, baby!
https://youtu.be/cYbs_O_iMfU

Janne I would not like to be one off the ISIS jihaddy's if them women get there hands on them .

Nothing more scary than a women on a revenge vendetta and knowing they won't be in trouble if they kill the person .

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Janne I would not like to be one off the ISIS jihaddy's if them women get there hands on them .
Nothing more scary than a women on a revenge vendetta and knowing they won't be in trouble if they kill the person .

I think we need women like these, Yekîneyên Parastina Jin‎.

Biji and Nosh everybody:)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Protection_Units

German politician pressurises police to remove the word "Rape" from reports

Fortunately, police refused to do so.

How will the German People finally react to this BS?

Will not be good.

Let's hope it's not 1929 all over again

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German politician pressurises police to remove the word "Rape" from reports

Fortunately, police refused to do so.

How will the German People finally react to this BS?

Will not be good.


Let's hope it's not 1929 all over again
Possibly.

However, the NAZI rise to power was both Economic and Reaction to The Left.

Only have one now

Don't be so shore about that Clyde I put up a post with a link to a video by a William Black about how to rip of a Bank and get away with it .

William Black was one of the men that had to sort out the savings and loans affair in the 1980's so he knows what he's talking about being one of the prosecutors and he says at the end that still even today there able to do it and says there at it again and it's only been 9 years since the GFC

It's the 3rd warning that has come my way in the last 6 months so don't be surprised if there is another financial melt down in the next few years

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BTW: Wonder what the next Chinese 'Peasant Revolt', will look like. How many dead will there be?

what's a couple of 10's of millions of people dead when you have 1.4 billion

Some how I think we may be at war with them before that happens over the south China sea thing

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Yes I do know that and Cantonese is not native to all parts of China .

Tiananmen Square rings a bell . Not so shore they will have the 00's to try again at least not till the economy crashes there

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Yes I do know that and Cantonese is not native to all parts of China .

Tiananmen Square rings a bell . Not so shore they will have the 00's to try again at least not till the economy crashes there

Peoples Revolts (Not Military/Political Coups) usually do not happen when people are at 'the bottom'.

They usually happen when their rising standard of living and expectations, suddenly collapse.

That's what i said there economy .

Clyde people get worried when China say this years we are going for 7% growth

and because it's not 8.5% like 3 years ago there in trouble ...

There not they don't need 8.5% growth as there economy has grown so much bigger it's exactly the same as growing 3 years earlier it's bigger scale of economy

So I would not hold out for that to happen any time soon remember it's not a free economy like ours

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Ya have to wonder how long a socialist economy can claim a 7% growth when global growth is 4 % or less.
Is Socialism maybe a little bit ok?

That may be the angle of the Communist Party over there but it's just scale of economy .

1.4 billion people .

U.S 350 million people economy 18 trillion

China 1.4 billion Economy about 22 trillion

As there economy grows to match the west it's got to top out something in the order of 100 Trillion

When talking % in a economy the bigger the economy the smaller the growth is but its a mirage as it's the same

10% of 100 = 10

10 % of 1000 = 100

same % bigger scale

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Yep as Clyde says greedy Capitalist communists

They learnt from U.S.S.R's fall bankruptcy and we may yet pay a price for also being greedy Capitalists and doing business with them.......

Least they have back off on the 1 child policy so lets hope there's a futre

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Maybe, some progress, FGM activist Jaha Dukureh honoured at Time 100 gala

Haven't to contend with the justice system withholding evidence makes matter even more difficult...

Evidence withheld

...if they're anything like the commenters on the article, can understand the despair...

..so what if Clearwater Florida is not New York, the point is that he was in the US at that time not buggering some junkie in the UK.

The 51 States have nothing to do with it. The receipt clearly shows he was in the USA rather than the UK. Can't you see that fact?