All this is saying that the state won’t spend resources policing women, the pressure that comes from the community can be far greater. Women won’t be safe and free until Islam is no longer followed.
The laws did originally come from the community. But when the elites become disconnected from the people and the people move on from these outdated standards but the elites don't, this happens.
In fact, there was a sort of campaign in Iran where men wore hijabs as a parody/protest of the regime's morality police. So saying that Iran's community is the problem is quite incorrect. Young Iranians are rapidly moving forward, unfortunately Iran's government is still full of old conservatives.
@diyrogue I agree that the situation is not as simple as the dichotomy I described (which was there mostly for purposes of clear demonstration), but I think that you can see that in many countries (including the US for example), the elites are just completely disconnected from the people. They live in their bubble, always talking with the same people, reaffirming their opinions and just overall existing in a big circlejerk. The law enforcement officials are somewhere inbetween, getting their orders from the elites but still in contact with the people. Before, their loyalty to the elites was bigger than their empathy with the community. But as you can see it's changing because they stopped arresting women who don't wear hijabs.
There's a similar situation (though not nearly as dire) in my country, in that weed is illegal but most cops won't give a damn when they see you with a blunt, some will even ask if they can smoke with you. The government is still mostly 50+ old men, which means that legalization is far from happening, but the cops have already progressed. It's almost like progress is slowly coming up the chain of command, and once there's a new generation in charge, things will change. And of course it's not as simple as I'm describing it, but I'd have to write an essay if I wanted to describe it fully.
Before we installed the Ayatollah Iran was the most progressive of all middle eastern nations.
Also, that little rule book that talks about the Hijab holds less real religious weight than Leviticus does with Christians, it's purely about government control, no matter what form.
@ewqua I've been caught a few times with cannabis in various states across the US, and yeah, the cops here just feel like jackasses for arresting you for it. The realization that they've basically become King John tax collectors finally hit most of them (thank god).
But then they are the other ones... Those guys are fucking racist trigger happy nut jobs who had social issues in HS or were injured in sports.. or were literally just too stupid to do anything else. They became officers specifically to be bullies and because they enjoy harming people. Fuck those asshats.
This is literally just the Iranian government telling the men of their country that they need to take things into their own hands. The law hasn't changed, they just aren't enforcing it.
In fact, there was a sort of campaign in Iran where men wore hijabs as a parody/protest of the regime's morality police. So saying that Iran's community is the problem is quite incorrect. Young Iranians are rapidly moving forward, unfortunately Iran's government is still full of old conservatives.
Also, that little rule book that talks about the Hijab holds less real religious weight than Leviticus does with Christians, it's purely about government control, no matter what form.
But then they are the other ones... Those guys are fucking racist trigger happy nut jobs who had social issues in HS or were injured in sports.. or were literally just too stupid to do anything else. They became officers specifically to be bullies and because they enjoy harming people. Fuck those asshats.