Iranian Men Don Women’s Hijabs To Challenge Compulsory Veiling Law
Men in Iran are snapping selfies in hijabs to protest the compulsory veiling law that requires all women in the country to wear them.
Donning a headscarf and wearing loose, modest clothing in public to prevent sexual advances from men has been enforced for Iranian women since conservative laws were passed in 1983, following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Punishments for disobedience can range from detention to lashes, but many women have started to rebel.
Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad launched the social media campaign #MenInHijab to encourage men to play a role in supporting women’s rights and advocating for change by posting photos of themselves with a headscarf. She founded My Stealthy Freedom, an online movement against the enforced hijab, in 2014.
One man who posed for a photo in a hijab beside his unveiled niece described how wearing it evoked a sense of lost identity that was “absolutely unacceptable for any liberated person.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iranian-men-wear-hijabs_us_579a5681e4b0e2e15eb4f9b0?utm_hp_ref=world
I LOVE these men who are standing up for their wives, sisters, mothers, nieces, etc. I'd like to see this story ALL over the news.
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