Shirin Ebadi Quotes About Culture

Quotes about: Culture

• Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Mother, Home, Men

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, progressive.org. September 1, 2004.

• Whenever women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument. It is not Islam at fault, but rather the patriarchal culture that uses its own interpretations to justify whatever it wants.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Rights, Law, Islam

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, progressive.org. September 1, 2004.

• Democracy is not an incident that happens overnight, nor a gift that America can give to the world. It is a culture which needs peace to evolve.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Peace, War, America

• Whenever Muslim women protest and ask for their rights, they are silenced with the argument that the laws are justified under Islam. It is an unfounded argument. It is not Islam at fault, but rather the patriarchal culture that uses its own interpretations to justify whatever it wants. It utilizes psychology to say that women are emotional. It utilizes medical science to say that men's brains are formed in such a way that they are better able to understand concepts. These are all hypotheses. None of this has been proven.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Emotional, Psychology, Brain

  Source: progressive.org

• There is no "true Islam," just different interpretations. Since I brought up patriarchy, let me make one thing clear. I am not singling out men; I am addressing the issue of inequality of genders. A patriarchy does not only not accept the equality of the sexes, it also has a hard time understanding the principles of democracy and its essence. Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home. This is the culture we need to resist and fight.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Home, Fighting, Men

  Source: progressive.org

• We shouldn't just consider the desire of government to do what it wants to do. We should always consider the resistance of people. The culture of Iranian people doesn't let the government drag people into deep trouble or backlash. Maybe government wants it, but the culture doesn't let it go on.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Government, People, Let It Go

  Interview with Reese Erlich, www.motherjones.com. April 7, 2007.

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