tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26432722.post6201075251454223909..comments2023-07-23T05:25:42.688-04:00Comments on IranWrites: Boots and Iran’s Social CalamityMinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12629803417151933778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26432722.post-22785213061784207642008-01-16T00:29:00.000-05:002008-01-16T00:29:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comment. I did not know that leath...Thanks for your comment. I did not know that leather boots are generally accepted as sexy and provocative. Could you lead me to any sources to verify it? All over the world people wear boots. As a matter of fact, its history goes way before the linguistic history of “sexy.” If you do not believe me, ask any Turkoman horseback rider if they wear it to be sexy, or look at medieval European paintings and illustrations, the early forms of foot wears were boots.<BR/>As for being “sexy” itself, all I can tell you is that it is highly subjective. What is sexy and provocative varies from one culture to another. Look at very pious Indian women in saris, for example; they do not think their bellies are provocative, or their hair for that matter.<BR/>As for your remark that you “can not imagine in any American corporation one wears mini skirts,” well, I’m old enough and have lived and worked in three continents to tell you with certainty you are misinformed. Yes, there are dress codes for various institutions and there is nothing wrong with that. However, most of what appears as a dress codes is nothing but the sense of propriety and the image that the corporation wants to project. If we do not see people wearing miniskirts in many (not all) corporations, it is because it does not suit their sense of professionalism, not because it is provocative. And indeed, even if there is a strict dress code, like in Catholic schools, it is limited within the boundary of the institutions and does not apply to the streets outside. And above all, all this comes with a great emphasis on education and discipline and logic governing the decision and the bottom line is that it relies tremendously on trust in our discretion and our willingness to choose whatever would best portray us to the public.<BR/>While I’m glad to see the younger people at peace with Islamic rules and regulations, still we should not delude ourselves that there is a big difference between “imposition” and “being taught the sense of propriety.” There is a big difference between suggesting how to dress in a three pieces suit to look professional and getting arrested for tucking your pants into your boots on your way to the park or shopping and being sent to jail.<BR/>Finally, as for Iran not to be a secular country, I do appreciate your reminder. That is one thing I have a tendency to forget or, better, not to accept. Iran is a very old country with a very long history. Twenty nine years of the Islamic Republic is too little to wipe that history from my mind and force me to accept it. For you young people who are born with Islamic Iran that is a different matter, though, I do not think I’m the only one.Minahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12629803417151933778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26432722.post-12512218899763320232008-01-10T14:42:00.000-05:002008-01-10T14:42:00.000-05:00I do agree with you that the Iranian government si...I do agree with you that the Iranian government since its birth day has been more focus on the apperance rather than the substance. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, the feamle knee high leather boots, are being considered as sexy and provocative everywhere in the world. <BR/><BR/>Many governments in the world, give the libraty ( but not 100%) to their citizens to wear whatever they want in the public places. Iranian government which is not a secular one, does not. Because, it believes that the individuals must not wear provacative dresses in the public places. Then, what is provacative and what is not, depends to the people who are in charge.<BR/><BR/>Drawing a boundary for individuals dressess, however, is not something only associated with Iranian government. For example it would be very hard for me to imagine that the corporations in USA or Europe allow their female employees to wear mini-skirt and boots in their working places. Why? They are neither muslim nor they know Sardar Radan.Hence,persumably they think that their employees'clothing must not be provacative in their working places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26432722.post-81827369054017300252007-12-22T05:20:00.000-05:002007-12-22T05:20:00.000-05:00Women are the social calamity because they're stro...Women are the social calamity because they're strong, so they can protest loud enough to distract the nation from the real problems (unemployment, economic downfall, petrol rationing, etc.)<BR/><BR/>Nice blog - keep on the good work, I'll be checking outmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06687332345113788443noreply@blogger.com