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From: sigma@usl.UUCP (Spyridon Triantafyllopoulos)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: American women in Iran (abc's 20/20 12/13/84)
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Date: Sun, 16-Dec-84 18:31:05 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 16 18:31:05 1984
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Any comments anyone about that? An American woman graduating, 
getting married to an Iranian and going to Khomeini's Iran...
Putting on the veil (Chador in Persian..), stayin' at home and
admitting in American TV that:

       "Men and women are not equal... you can not compare
        apples and oranges"

Or another shot:

       "Islam gives respect to women -- The veil makes people
        look at you, not your appearance, this is freedom"

and on and on. (Quotes as exact as possible). And the parents of 
the girl being happy about their daughter being happy (Typical
"Hi Mom -- Hi Dad" shot). 
Well, me and my (Iranian) fiancee' watched with interest as the 
girl (one of ~500 in Iran) stayed home.... It was sickening.....   
Is this what some girls want?? freedom in four walls and a black 
veil??? We got some specimen around here as well, but they do not
(dare not) wear the full apparatus.. They just use handkerchiefs
on the head instead of the veil. (I mean American women)

Well, ladies, what 'ya all think??? 

--- Spiros Triantafyllopoulos
    Computer Science Department
    University of Southwestern Louisiana
    {ut-sally, akgua}!usl!sigma