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I like your devil's advocate shtick in these threads but even as a Persia-phile I have to say this is not the hill to die on.
But it's not even Devil's Advocate, its just pointing out hypocrisy. In America, we literally--right now--have women organizing to march in the streets in protest of how they are discussed and demeaned, and people are acting like Iran is some super barbarous nation. None of these people actually know anything about Iran, mind you, other than what they hear from news outlets that they dont even trust.
Its just an incredible lack of self-awareness, a lack of globoal perspective, and a failed understanding of history. I'm a hardcore relativist--i'm not bothered by any position anyone holds, as long as they have a sound basis for holding it. But to call a country barbous because of one aspect of their society that is, at most, 50 years behind our American equivalent--especially when America is directly responsible for that setback--is obtuse and it grinds my gears.
Mainly, though, Persian women are so sexy that i'm willing to white knight their entire culture on an internet message board if it increases by even .01% my chances of hooking up with one.