MicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWomen riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal changeapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1224arrow-down11
arrow-up1223arrow-down1external-linkWomen riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes is the latest sign of Iran's societal changeapnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·4 months agoThis is a social expectations thing rather than a legality thing, so not really.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoIsn’t it a legal thing in Iran?
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·4 months agoIt comes down to the mullahs who walk around enforcing rules arbitrarily like beard and pubic hair length.
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoPubic hair length? Are you joking?
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago It comes down to the mullahs who walk around enforcing rules arbitrarily like beard and pubic hair length. Wait, is that last part for real?
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoAccording to the article technically women can’t get motorcycle licenses in Iran, but according to the woman in the article she hasn’t been harassed due to that, so I’m not sure how it works in practice.
This is a social expectations thing rather than a legality thing, so not really.
Isn’t it a legal thing in Iran?
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It comes down to the mullahs who walk around enforcing rules arbitrarily like beard and pubic hair length.
Pubic hair length? Are you joking?
Wait, is that last part for real?
According to the article technically women can’t get motorcycle licenses in Iran, but according to the woman in the article she hasn’t been harassed due to that, so I’m not sure how it works in practice.