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Is It OK for Iran to Ban Women From 'Manly' College Courses?

AdriHead 2012/08/29 00:07:30
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File this under "extremely sexist and regressive." 36 universities in Iran announced that 77 college courses will be "single gender" only and available exclusively to men. The move, which has prompted a demand for a U.N. investigation, may be due to the fact that female Iranian students have outperformed men within the last few years in the academic arena. Do you think the news is just plain ridiculous?

THEDAILYBEAST.COM reports:
Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses in an officially-approved act of sex-discrimination, which critics say is aimed at defeating the fight for equal women's rights.
officially-approved act sex-discrimination critics aimed defeating fight equal womens rights

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  • Thecharliejay 2012/08/29 01:12:54
    No
    Thecharliejay
    +10
    It is discrimination and sexism, there are hardly any rights for women over in the middle east. It is appalling.

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  • wtxwoman Deep007 2012/08/30 12:45:54
    wtxwoman
    +1
    Have you got a mirror? Buster, you are in no position to make disparaging remarks about any one's looks!
  • Shawna wtxwoman 2012/08/30 14:14:22
    Shawna
    +1
    He isn't intelligent enough to do anything other than take cheap shots. I've seen enough of him around here to know that.
  • Deep007 Shawna 2012/08/30 19:37:27
    Deep007
    So I've wandered into ugly women club it seems and yer circling the wagons... Don't worry... no man is trying to get in...
  • wtxwoman Shawna 2012/09/02 00:52:32
    wtxwoman
    +1
    Isn't it funny how it's always the ugly men who make the ugliest remarks about women? I guess he thinks we care what he says! LOL
  • Shawna wtxwoman 2012/09/02 03:44:57
    Shawna
    +1
    He seems to be labouring under that delusion!
  • Deep007 wtxwoman 2012/08/30 19:34:59
    Deep007
    I'm a man baby...but she makes me look like a girl
  • wtxwoman Deep007 2012/08/30 19:37:10
    wtxwoman
    Haven't you ever heard that beauty is in the eye of the beholder?
  • Deep007 wtxwoman 2012/08/30 21:03:29 (edited)
    Deep007
    +1
    i GIVE UP
    SURRENDER

    can i negotiate the term of my SURRENDER?????
  • wtxwoman Deep007 2012/08/30 22:45:07
    wtxwoman
    Smart man, at least you know when you are whipped!
  • Deep007 wtxwoman 2012/08/31 01:03:18
    Deep007
    +1
    and when to turn tail and run.. i entered a firefight i didn't know existed.. and now i'm getting out ... lol
  • Sarah A... Deep007 2012/08/30 15:48:47
    Sarah Alexander
    Yes, she is a beautiful brilliant woman.
  • Deep007 Sarah A... 2012/08/30 19:51:26
    Deep007
    No one has a sense of humor anymore... JeeeeeZus...
    But let's be real... She may be brilliant but she is NOT beautiful... I mean I am sure she does NOT stand in front of her mirror and say
    Mirror Mirror on the wall, ain't I the finest babe of them all. I mean C'MON.
    Give you example....Rush Limbaugh is a brilliant man... But you cant say he's handsome... C'mon now.. Next you be shoving mareen dowd down my throat
  • Sarah A... Deep007 2012/08/30 22:16:51
    Sarah Alexander
    I have a sense of humor, but I think it's a really hurtful thing to say. She may not be the most beautiful woman ever, but she is pretty and its more about who she is.

    I have a hard time thinking someone is pretty or ugly without getting to know them or learning more - typically, I think they're okay and then, as I learn more/get to know them I will either find ugly things about them or find them to be beautiful. For example, there was a girl who was prettyish, but then I got to know her and she was a nasty person, I then found her ugly. Similarly, when I met my best friend I thought she was average/pretty, but now that I know how truly amazing she is, I find her to be one of the most gorgeous people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing and can't find a single thing wrong even when she points them out.
  • Deep007 Sarah A... 2012/08/30 22:40:04 (edited)
    Deep007
    OMG..... thats it....I GIVE UP...i don't even know WHO she is and i'm getting pilloried to a post..
    white flag

    she must be durn good to have suck backing.. who EVER she is
  • Sarah A... Deep007 2012/08/31 00:12:32
    Sarah Alexander
    +1
    Haha I don't want to jump on you or make you feel attacked or anything, just saying I think it's not good to say something like that.
    She is really great, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
  • Deep007 Sarah A... 2012/08/31 01:04:32
    Deep007
    Ohhhhhh.. she's
    Shirin Ebadi..
    glad to meet her
  • Sarah A... Deep007 2012/08/31 21:06:39
    Sarah Alexander
    Yes, she has done some amazing work and, I hope, continues for a long time.
  • Deep007 Sarah A... 2012/08/31 21:09:13
    Deep007
    she 's not in Iran anymor is she?????
  • Sarah A... Deep007 2012/09/02 00:18:04
    Sarah Alexander
    No, she's in exile to the UK, but is still working for change in Iran.
  • littleb... Deep007 2012/08/31 06:12:32
    littlebuffalo55TBA
    +2
    Lol...she is a brilliant legal mind! Who cares about how she looks?
  • wtxwoman littleb... 2012/08/31 17:03:33
    wtxwoman
    +1
    Excellent point. No one ever notices how a MAN looks before passing judgement on them or their position.
  • Deep007 wtxwoman 2012/08/31 21:03:03
    Deep007
    Freaking stop lying....
    women do it ALL the time
  • wtxwoman Deep007 2012/09/02 00:56:09
    wtxwoman
    Ah, so there it is. Did someone judge you harshly, honey. Is that what happened? Maybe you are in the wrong business.
  • Deep007 littleb... 2012/08/31 21:02:30
    Deep007
    just stop it.. yer giving the dimwitt Liberal false hope..
    she on the BS that she a woman so NOTHING bad can be said about her..
    y'know the whoopie Goldber, baba walters, Jeanine Garafalo alibi's
    LET IT GO.. yer playing into their hands
  • D D 2012/08/30 06:18:11
    No
    D D
    +1
    Is this really new news?

    It is an Islamic country. What do you expect?
  • ☆astac☆ D D 2012/08/30 08:29:18
    ☆astac☆
    Progressive ideology at work
  • WatchTheRhythm 2012/08/30 05:54:46
    Yes
    WatchTheRhythm
    +1
    Ask the Iranis.
  • AT2926 2012/08/30 00:39:28
    No
    AT2926
    +1
    who gives a rats ass if another country isn't doing something as long as they dont come here i'm good.
  • Deep007 AT2926 2012/08/30 11:47:42
    Deep007
    Obammy is importing them
    http://muslimbureau.com/jumah...
  • AJ 2012/08/30 00:30:26
    No
    AJ
    +1
    Im surprise that only a little over 80% have voted'no' at the time of my vote - really sad!
  • Deep007 AJ 2012/08/30 11:48:54
    Deep007
    Be happy,,
    it won;t be long before the Muslims consume the Democratic party,, and kill it
  • Rogue_Loner 2012/08/30 00:08:39
  • wtxwoman Rogue_L... 2012/09/02 00:57:47
    wtxwoman
    +1
    Excellent point and I agree completely. We should mind our own business.
  • Rogue_L... wtxwoman 2012/09/02 01:58:29
  • wtxwoman Rogue_L... 2012/09/02 14:01:10
    wtxwoman
    +1
    I don't know why we think we are the moral compass and police of the world. I think we should mend our own fences and take care of our own before that.
  • AJ Rogue_L... 2012/09/04 13:53:46
    AJ
    +1
    I agree with your general view regarding American interference. America does not want Iran to have nuclear weapons, but then they have one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world. But on the other hand, Iran has done nothing to instill confidence about global security and has continued threatening other nations and supporting terrorism from Syria to Lebanon to Israel and India. While as much as possible, we must stay out of others' affairs, in this case I think we do have to take the initiative to bring down this regime. What must be remembered is that the views of the Iranian government are not the views of the people, who yearn for greater independence. As Martin Luther King Jr once said 'injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere', so we cannot cut ourselves from issues that do not directly relate to us because indirectly they will come back to bite us!
  • NarcolepticGoat 2012/08/29 23:11:06
    No
    NarcolepticGoat
    define "manly courses"
  • Stan Zebell 2012/08/29 23:03:36
    Yes
    Stan Zebell
    +1
    Is it OK to allow a country to do as it damn well pleases? Instead of asking the posted question, how about initiating a conversation suggesting that churches, cities and towns her in the US offer to sponsor any oppressed women (or anyone else) to come to this country, allow us to assist in gaining your citizenship, bring your gifts to a land that appreciates it.
  • swolfmoon 2012/08/29 22:12:26
  • Deep007 swolfmoon 2012/08/30 11:50:29
    Deep007
    Obammy is importing them for the DNC
    http://muslimbureau.com/jumah...

    Stupid feminists.. you were used.. now a new bitch (votes) is replacing you,, ta ta

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