WOMEN in Iran

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A revolutionary anti-government protest in Iran was sparked on Sept 16th, 2022, after 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini was picked up and detained by Iran’s "morality police" for showing too much hair. About three months have passed, and innocent lives have been lost yet the people of Iran continue to hold their ground and fight back. For women, for life, for freedom. We invited our guest “Iran”, who asked to be anonymous for safety reasons, back in November to reflect on Iran’s political regime and how growing up queer in the Islamic republic, where a woman’s value is worth half of a man, impacted how they expressed romantic interest as well as how they embraced their true sexual self.

Thank you, Iran, for sharing all of these intimate thoughts with the GETSOME team and listeners

Enjoy the Episode

Shownotes:

00:30 A short brief introduction of the recent news . What happened in Iran

05:02 What makes “Women Life Freedom” different

06:50 “Iran” is also an old-fashioned female name

08:40 There’s always a fear of getting arrested

15:44 This is a game about how to behave

28:32 Being queer risks facing the death penalty

29:05 Women are worth half of a man in Iranian laws and society

37:54 I knew I was a queer kid when I was young, and I felt lucky

42:50 My mom sat us down and explained sex to us while living in Iran

45:38 I feel like my parents purposely put porn around the house for us to find

48:02 The social values impacted my sexual self a lot

53:23 Some save their virginity by having anal sex

57:03 I feel like I’m missing out on something when it comes to sex

58:26 Even men are victims of this patriarchal society

61:08 What you are fighting for is exactly what you have

65:00 What can we do to support the revolution?

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