Comments on: Worry of the Week – 27 September 2015: Women in Iran https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-27-september-2015-women-in-iran/ My take on our world Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Heather Hastie https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-27-september-2015-women-in-iran/#comment-5857 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:03:14 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1451#comment-5857 In reply to Diane G..

I do too Diane – for many it’s the only hope they’ve got and so gives them the ability to keep going everyday.

]]> By: Diane G. https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-27-september-2015-women-in-iran/#comment-5831 Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:09:39 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1451#comment-5831 I’ve long felt that it’s the miserable plight of so many women that makes them cling to religion–the idea that there’ll be a just reward in the afterlife if they just get through the awfulness of their day-to-day lives.

]]> By: Heather Hastie https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-27-september-2015-women-in-iran/#comment-5775 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 03:26:19 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1451#comment-5775 In reply to rickflick.

Even just simple things like I live alone, wear what I want, go where I want, say what I want, make my own decisions, have my own money – all would be impossible in many countries around the world.

]]> By: rickflick https://www.heatherhastie.com/worry-of-the-week-27-september-2015-women-in-iran/#comment-5769 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 01:03:50 +0000 https://www.heatherhastie.com/?p=1451#comment-5769 It’s an excellent film. I think in the West it is hard to imagine life’s grave aspects for women in other societies under the dark cloud of religion.

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