Posted on 05/02/2008 3:54:49 PM PDT by forkinsocket
Tehran's former police chief Reza Zarei attempted suicide in prison yesterday, a month after being arrested for consorting with six naked women in a brothel. In the aftermath of the scandal, the Times, the Associated Press, and the BBC all reported that prostitutes are becoming more visible on Iranian streets. Given the Islamic dress code, how do Persian prostitutes signal their trade?
Location, location, location. In the 1970s, Bostonians looking for a proverbial good time went to the "Combat Zone" and New Yorkers flocked to 42nd Street; in contemporary Iran, the holy city of Qom is known (unofficially) as a place of "both pilgrimage and pleasure." There, prostitutes wearing veils and even chadors mill about temples or sit together in public courtyards where men can inspect them. Sometimes a male go-between offers "introductions," at which point the prostitutes pull aside their headgear so the potential client can get a glimpse, but the whole process is fairly subtle. For an outsider, it's difficult to pick a street girl out of a crowd.
Qom may have become a prostitution hot spot due to the abundance of shrines. Young female runaways with no shelter come to the city knowing they can take refuge at holy sites by sleeping in rooms intended for pilgrims. They have no way of making a living, so after awhile they get involved with the sex trade. The city's young theological students and transient tourists form the main clientele.
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I miss the Combat Zone in Boston.
Walking through there was like a free trip to the zoo.
My Persian ex-girlfriend told me that prostitution was rampant throughout Iran, as were illegal abortions.
Oooh, that was a low blow. :)
Yeah I’ve heard that too from Persians, Gulf Arabs, & Armenians.
“..the holy city of Qom is known (unofficially) as a place of “both pilgrimage and pleasure.”
The most beautiful blue silk carpets were once woven in that city.
How can you tell??
She has a zipper on her Berka?
I thought they wanted little boys.
Nah, Madonna’s. Her hands are just as manly.
God, what legs!!! Puurrfect!!
How to spot an Iranian ho? Look for the gals (once their burkha’s are off) with the shaved area under the nose or those with blonde mustache hairs...I know for a fact that some Iranian women bleach them blonde...Very noticeable on a dark-haired, olive-skinned woman...
Looks like a hoot
Which is where the phrase “Oh! Oh! Oh! I’m Qom-ing” is from...;)
Now that’s just funny.
I have dozens of Iranian friends, many of them are women. And that's what they tell me.
Listen for the bleating.
In Kabul light skin is prized by the women. They use bleaching products to make their skin white. The effect gives their skin a chalky, uneven appearance. And of course it really doesn’t bleach the skin because most of this product is sold cheaply in old storefronts with pictures cut from 1970’s Western magazines fading on the walls of the store inside.
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