Friday Femme Fatale: Iran, Valerie Jarrett & Video Game History

by Jen Nedeau · 2009-07-31 22:03:00 UTC
Topics:

The picture this week is by Marcia Yerman who is trying to raise awareness about women in Iran being killed and raped for protesting. Her caption for the photo reads:

Women who have taken part in demonstrations are now being executed. However, according to the prevailing conservative version of Islamic law being enacted in Iran, a virgin can not be killed. Currently, the women who took part in the opposition protest who have been arrested are being "married" to prison guards...who then consummate the marriage through rape. The women are then killed.

Thanks to Marcia for keeping us awake and in touch with this issue. Here are the rest of links for this week's Friday Femme Fatale. Lots of interesting articles to read!

Jen Nedeau Jen Nedeau is a media relations professional and a writer based in New York City.
PREVIOUS STORY:
The Feminist Queries: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
NEXT STORY:
Fox News' Trotta Still Doesn't Get It: I Want Her Rape Apologism Off the Air

COMMENTS (1)

    Comment Policy

    · All fields are required to comment.

    [X]

    Comments on Change.org are meant for further exploration and evaluation of the campaign on Change.org. To that end, we welcome constructive comments. However, we reserve the right to delete comments which, as determined solely in our discretion: (1) are offensive, abusive, or off-topic; (2) include content solely intended to personally attack the campaign creator, (3) are designed to subvert or hijack comment threads rather than contribute to them; and/or (4) violate our terms of service and/or privacy policy. Repeat offenders may be permanently removed from the site at our discretion. Please also be advised that: (A) we do not actively curate and/or monitor in any manner whatsoever the comments made on the Change.org platform, and (B) the creator of each campaign on Change.org may remove any comment at her/his/its discretion.