Mr. Pinup

You speak in your book about what you called “sexual revolution,” which began in Iran seven decades ago and is still going today. Is it really a sexual revolution? And what do you mean by that? Are you referring to actual relations between men and women, inside and outside marriage? I wonder if sexual liberation can really happen in Iran, or any country, without political, economic, and educational liberation happening first, or at least happening together.

I agree with you that sexual and marriage customs and laws are changing radically in Iran, thanks to the growing number of educated and economically independent women. This is happening also in Egypt, in spite of the increasing numbers of veiled women. But many veiled women in Iran and Egypt (and other countries) use the veil to gain more social and sexual freedom.

A married Egyptian woman I know used to meet her male lover in her bedroom under the cover of a veil. She and her women friends were veiled, so he would wear one, too, and her husband would let him in, thinking he was one of her women friends.

via Dialogue: Is Iran undergoing a sexual revolution?.

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