You learn more from the comments on news from discussions, here is one of them about women and how it used to be in Iran:
I want to clarify a point raised by a few, mostly men! about this post.
In 1936 Reza Shah banned the veil and encouraged Iranians to adopt European dress in an effort to promote nation-building in a country with many tribal, regional, religious, and class-based variations in clothing.
It was the policy of the Shah to increase women's participation in society as a method of the modernization of the country, in accordance with the example of Turkey. The Queen and the other women of the royal family assisted in this when they started to perform public representational duties as role models for women participating in public society, and they also played an active part as role models in the Kashf-e hijab.
The unveiling of women had a huge symbolic importance to achieve women's participation in society, and the shah introduced the reform gradually so as not to cause unrest. While women teachers where encouraged to unveil in 1933 and schoolgirls and women students in 1935, the official declaration of unveiling were made on 8 January 1936, and the queen and her daughters where given an important role in this event.
That day, Reza Shah attended the graduation ceremony of the Tehran Teacher's College with the queen and their two daughters unveiled and dressed in modern clothes, without veils. The queen handed out diplomas, while the shah spoke about half the population being disregarded, and told women that the future was now in their hands. This was the first time an Iranian queen showed herself in public. Afterwards, the Shah had pictures of his unveiled wife and daughters published, and unveiling enforced throughout Iran.
If anyone thinks this is or was wrong, then please get off your western invented ipad or phone which uses western invented intrernet. From the comfortof a tent in the fields, write a letter on a piece of paper and send it to us with a man on a horse. We will reply in a few months!
Women were given choices. Thats what mattered and many proved how invaluable they were in the growth of our culture.
here is one of the responses to the above:
Shohré Vakili
Your comment has two parts.
I will not go into the first part about power of kings and leaders but as for the second part, you should know that everything has two sides, a good edge, a bad one!
Even antibiotics and drugs, if taken too much or used incorrectly, are harmful rather than beneficial.
If, for example, the mobile or the Internet has caused people to become spiritually distant, it is not because the Internet is bad, it is because of our misuse.
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