Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Molding the Ideal Islamic Citizen

Polaris

CULTURE BLEND Islamic strictures met Persian love of pleasure in a Tehran shop in 2005 when a head scarf was pulled back to show some hair.

Eric Grigorian / Polaris

PUBLIC DISPLAY Sexual pleasure is encouraged for newlyweds; when fingers touch in public, wedding rings can avert disapproval.


From the New York Times
By Michael Slackman"
September 9, 2007

TEHRAN

THE instructor held up an unfurled green condom as she lectured a dozen brides-to-be on details of family planning. But birth control was only one aspect of the class, provided by the government and mandatory for all couples before marriage. The other was about sex, and the message from the state was that women should enjoy themselves as much as men and that men needed to be patient, because women need more time to become aroused.


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