I’ve
just returned from a three week trip through Iran and wondered about the things
that surprised me the most. One of these feats has been watching full contact
taekwondo on TV.
I have
been monitoring all kind of media on how women are appearing in Iran. Mostly
advertising avoids showing people and especially women. Women doing sport in
public is rudimentary, though I’ve seen women jog (even without head scarf on
the beach), riding a bike, playing volleyball. But I’ll comment on these things
in a last blogpost.
Now, I
was watching TV, scanning advertisement breaks, looking at soap operas – and then
to my big surprise I’ve seen this covering of a sports event: Women fighting
full contact taekwondo.
Any
sports event concerning women in Iran is strictly limited to women. In the hall
there isn’t any man! But my surprise has been seeing such an event on TV.
Things
are changing, even in Iran. The mullahs might not like it, but the slow changing
of society is taking place. And ii’s moving into the right direction.
All women must wear hijab - why not?
Referees researching video because of a complaint
Discussions after the match
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