Women, Fast Cars, and Iran - is this really activism?
Muslimah Media Watch highlights an analysis of Laleh Sedigh, Iran’s first female race car driver. Does her driving a fast car really do anything for the cause of Iranian women? Pedestrian says no, while Zeynab argues that she could potentially serve as a role model.
Although her courage for entering such a male dominated atmosphere is certainly laudable, and it has certainly broken barriers, it has done nothing special for the plight of Iranian woman. Anyone informed on Iranian politics would know that a thousand women chanting, protesting, pleading or even begging is not going to convince anybody to do anything for them.
Salaam waleykum! Thanks for thinking of us!! The majority of the credit goes to Pedestrian, actually, who wrote 90% of the article, I just edited and added some personal thoughts.