"Monumentally Creepy"
Claire Berlinski ·
Aug 3, 2010 at 8:58am
Thanks to Damian Counsell, I present to you the most "monumentally creepy" website I have seen in some time. (Has anyone noticed that this Damian Counsell fellow seems to be behind half of my posts and Judith's? He really exists. He's our dear friend from school. We think he should be here on Ricochet, but so far he seems to prefer to operate behind the scenes--the secret beige-colored puppet-master behind the regional subcontractor conspiracy. Well, he's here in spirit.) Anyway, behold:
"A woman without hijab is like a chair with three legs."
The Iranian site promotes the glories of chastity and the hijab. Can't have one without the other! Could it be a parody? I fear not. Anyone here read enough Farsi to be able to say?
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Re: "Monumentally Creepy"
They can make good use of the broken chair leg to beat her with in case she doesn't get the message.
May '10
Re: "Monumentally Creepy"
For the sake of multiculturalism, we should try to figure out exactly what message these hijab-hoisters are trying to get across with the broken chair metaphor. If you try to sit on a woman without a hijab, you'll tip over? Ooh, maybe they're pointing out that a woman without a hijab doesn't match the rest of the set! That is a problem. Shoot, now I'm reconsidering my support for burqa bans....
Aug '10
Re: "Monumentally Creepy"
"A woman without hijab is like a chair with three legs."
There's a problem with that analogy. It's perfectly possible to build a stable chair with three legs.
As for chastity -- a woman may go naked and yet remain chaste (though it's admittedly more of a challenge).