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Iran launches sex-segregated parks
2006-07-30
Tehran, Iran, Jul. 29 – Iran will soon launch new women’s only parks in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran. The City Islamic Council in Qom announced that it had put forward a plan to segregate four of the city’s parks.

In August, the National WomenÂ’s Council announced that a sex-segregated park was under development in the north-eastern city of Mashad.

The development of sex-segregated parks was given a big boost after hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a former Revolutionary Guards commander, became IranÂ’s president. Prior to his rise to the presidency, Ahmadinejad was the Mayor of Tehran. One of his first decisions in the city hall was to order gender segregation on elevators.
Posted by:Steve White

#12  Used to be Volunteer park in Seattle. Remember the news report warning people not to take kids there because of the condoms and needles. I think its spread since then.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-07-30 13:34  

#11  The gender segregated elevators was another brilliant dinnerjacket idea. First on wins, or is it ok to make the burkas use the stairs?
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-07-30 13:30  

#10  I feel the same way about Ft. Marcy
Posted by: J Early   2006-07-30 13:18  

#9  I feel the same about Ft Marcy Park
Posted by: Vince Foster   2006-07-30 12:05  

#8  I was respo9nding to the headline, not your comment. I don't frequent Lafayette Park. I try to avoid DC whenever possible.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-07-30 11:47  

#7  Besoeker and Nimble Spemble, am I reading y'all right.....do you think Lafayette Park in D.C. is for gays? Having spent 18 years in the city the only thing Lafayette Park had was an overabundance of "tin foil hat" protesters and yuppie govt. workers. There may have been some gay groups in Lafayette Park, but the park of choice for gays was Dupont Circle.
Posted by: WolfDog   2006-07-30 11:42  

#6  watch out for the flannel-print burkas, wallet chains, and comfortable shoes.....
Posted by: Frank G   2006-07-30 11:04  

#5  They're giving gays their own parks?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-07-30 10:58  

#4  Wonder if they have a ..... Lafayette Park?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-07-30 10:40  

#3  The parks had become quite the singles scene - one of very few places where couples could find any privacy. The Mullahs have been stewing about it for a couple of years, now, and the crackdown took longer I thought it would. Some sillies have said they were trying not to alienate the youth segment. Fat chance, now. You screw around with hormones at your peril. All of Islam fixates on this - and thoroughly screws up its people in the effort.
Posted by: Thise Elmeamp9955   2006-07-30 01:47  

#2  Geeze -- No wonder muzzies are so sexually immature and frustrated.

Can't even enjoy the sight of a pretty girl at the park....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2006-07-30 01:00  

#1  What's the point of going to the park with other women?

Ah'ma-dinnah-jacket gives a whole new meaning to "that boy ain't right."
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-07-30 00:17  

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