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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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 Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:00 pm Post subject: Beware of Iranian ninja women |
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http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/photos-irans-female-ninjas-show-their-strength/253161/#slide1
About 3,500 Iranian women are currently training to be ninjas, a trend I wrote about earlier this month. Though the country's restrictions on women are some of the most severe in the world, Iranian women are far from the weak, helpless creatures the Islamic Republic seems to consider them. Sports, and martial arts in particular, apparently including ninjutsu, are a way for Iranian women to express the strength and self-empowerment that the state has tried and failed to deny them. |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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Perfect martial art for them; the required hijab is built right into the uniform!
Coincidence? |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Location: Earth, Solar System
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| Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I'd like to see them go against Gaddafi's Amazonian bodyguard. |
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