I came across an article that was posted on the AOL website that really caught my attention. The article was entitled "Face of Outrage: Woman Protests Iran's Dress Code With Pots and Pans." What instantly caught my attention was "woman protest" and "Iran" in the same sentence. Most indivuduals are aware of the oppression that women endure in other countries and Iran is one of them, so for women to go as far as to protest says a lot to me.
As I read further into the article, I got a better understanding of what the women were doing and why. In the article there was a mural of women in full length veils but their faces were covered with house whold objects. the object that were in the womens faces were supposed to symbolize the objects that women are bound to. Women from this country are bound to these daily duties and are not given an opportunity to stray from what society tells them is ok to do.
Coming from a country that celebrates freedom, I can not imagine living in a world were I had no choices. A world where I could not go out with friends, socialize, work, get an education. I could not live in a world in which I felt oppressed but for these women, that is life. They have no wiggle room to do any thing other than what society tells them is ok to do, which is to stay home and do house chores.
The person who took the image is a photographer in Iran who happens to also be a woman. I commend her and I also commend the women who took a stand and were part of this protest. It may seem like a small thing for us but for these women, this was a huge step and I give them the most respect.
http://www.aolnews.com/weird-news/article/iranian-photographer-shadi-ghadirian-shows-women-without-their-faces/19460029
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Sounds like an interesting story, but you need to do a better job of proofreading.
ReplyDeleteErrors include:
* household not house whold
* womens faces (should be possessive)
* OK, not ok
* a world where I had
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