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"look, iran has hot girls too. maybe they aren't so bad after all" (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 days ago by godlessworm@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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every single one of those 10 photos is literally just women going about their day and the comments is nothing but gooners shocked to learn that iran has hot women too, and now that their attractive women arent covering up, suddenly westoids see the humanity in these people.

every “(middle eastern country) isnt as bad as we’re told” post on the default reddits is exactly like this. on the flip side there’s the “look, (middle eastern country) used to have lots of hot women til islam came along!” posts about afghanistan etc

just seems disgusting to me. they don’t care at all about these people. they’re just fantasizing that maybe somehow they can take advantage of global tensions and somehow end up with a hot iranian wife

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[-] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

yes there must have been women who wanted to dress otherwise,

and how would they be treated if they chose to do so? that's my fucking point. there are/were true believers in these communities, just as there are iconoclasts, and there is/was a spectrum of conformists who might choose something else if it wasn't for the rigid structure limiting their imagination. that latter group too, is oppressed, even if they don't see or mind the chains (but going to far is how you get e.g. the france thing or a hypothetical where not only is nudity decriminalized but pants are outlawed)

Nuns are a terrible example because they're not forced into that by the dominant culture.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

there are/were true believers in these communities, just as there are iconoclasts, and there is/was a spectrum of conformists who might choose something else if it wasn't for the rigid structure limiting their imagination.

I guess the difference here is that I genuinely believe the true believers were the norm; true believers both men AND women. As for the rigid structure limiting the imagination of the conformists, even today we have structures of our own limiting our own imaginations and we're content with these, just as they were content with their own structure. The meme reflects the average lady back in puritan times, not the iconoclast.

Nuns are a terrible example because they're not forced into that by the dominant culture.

You're right that they're not forced into that choice by the dominant culture, and with that freedom of choice what choice are they making? They're not being forced into this choice and they're choosing to live like this, what then do you think when you have a puritanical society where everyone is that devout?