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> Every time I see photos of 1960s Persian and Afghani women I find myself thinking about this. One cause of what happened is also that, though. A large part,
by mytailorisrich 4y ago
> Every time I see photos of 1960s Persian and Afghani women I find myself thinking about this.
One cause of what happened is also that, though. A large part, if not the majority, of the population is conservative and did not approve of this "westernisation".
- ggm 4y agoIndeed. Many women welcomed Khomeini back from Paris in '79 Nothing is one dimensional.
- yucky 4y agoWhich raises the question of "who are we to determine what values a society should embrace"? Doesn't that make us cultural imperialists/colonialists?
- mytailorisrich 4y agoYes, this is trying to impose our ways on others. The thing is that, as we see again and again, it does not work, anyway. Cultural and societal values cannot be imposed by 'foreigners', if anything this only creates a reaction against it and to more conservatism.