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(deliberately being vague here until the official discussion starts on Monday).
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As am I. I'm drawing attention to certain themes so people can make a point of them.
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As for the oppression, I think I'll wait to hear some of the female participants for their views.
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Tom, if I misunderstood the sentiment of this paragraph, I apologize.
I think the difference between a woman living in America and a woman living in Tehran is going to be too significant to be...bridgable. What can we as middle class white Americans really know about the the ideology, the culturaly based instincts for survival...any of that? When Azar Nafisi wrote the book, I don't think she intended to convey Sanaz's world as she walked home (pg 26-27) to a solely male audience, but rather to non-Iranian people in general.
The best we can do is to remain receptive.