Do you support banning women from going to stadiums?

[armen]

AFC recently expressed an opinion about this matter - here is what they had to say:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/826342/football-afc-broad-minded-on-iranian-women-ban/

[Team Melli Fan]

Women can not go to the stadiums in Iran because Iranian men are not civilized yet.

Because islam and the islamic republic are holding them back.

[Darloc]

Women can not go to the stadiums in Iran because Iranian men are not civilized yet.

[Afat11]

Do I think women should be banned? Absolutely not, women should be allowed in the stadiums.

However, given the current environment, would I support my mother, sister, daughter, aunt, cousin to go and sit amongst uncivilized men to watch the game? No, the sexual harassment alone would probably discourage them from going.

If an environment can be created for women to go watch games then I would support it 100%. I clearly don't want to see women and men separated in different sections..but maybe a family section would be appropriate.

Also we need more security guards at the stadiums to clamp down on unruly behavior then we can be civilized people.

This is easily solvable, go to the stadium with your Mom, Sister or Daughter once, and if anyone tries to harass them, break that person's nose. Iranians are afraid of confrontations that might involve them getting their asses kicked. They won't bother your female companions ever again. I don't think the harassment would last very long. Maybe one game. After 20 dumbasses have to go to the hospital to fix their noses, it won't be a problem anymore.

This is how this issue was solved 80 years ago when women gained rights in the rest of the world.

[gol_kuchik]

By adding the word discrimination you already assume its a bad thing so whats the point of having a poll to see if people support it or not. Also that word will sway people to chose the no option.

I am calling it exactly as it is, and as you see, that's not stopping a percentage to vote for it. Unfortunately the word hypocrisy or double standard does not even exist in our native tongue. Accuracy of the word discrimination to describe the policy only becomes even more evident when folks would say: I would not want my mom or sister to be there, but it is ok for me to be there! So they are either discriminating against men (for letting them be exposed to the 'bad' things the women are 'protected' from, or women for not letting them enjoy basic right they enjoy, take your pick.

[ali alipour]

By adding the word discrimination you already assume its a bad thing so whats the point of having a poll to see if people support it or not. Also that word will sway people to chose the no option.

[gol_kuchik]

I disagree. My question is precisely a poll on a policy that is in effect. The "Law" is that women are not allowed to go to stadiums. By definition, this is called discrimination. Now the poll is simply find out what percentage support such discrimination.

[gol_kuchik]

can we make this a public poll so we can see which 5 morons voted for discrimination towards women?

And that is about 10%. In the last election about 4 million people voted for Jalili, with similar type of sentiment. 4 million out of 50 million eligible voter. Yet the rule of Less than 10% is overcoming the desire of more than 90%.

[ali alipour]

Lol at the biased wording in the poll options

[gol_kuchik]

you are absolutely correct Cataphract. But the reality is that we have an arbitrary decision to enforce women's ban. So my attempt was to find out what percentage actually support such ban, not so much whether we have the right to impose such ban.

[irani8perspolis]

can we make this a public poll so we can see which 5 morons voted for discrimination towards women?

[Farbakhsh]

The way you have set the Poll options is laughable.

It is the RIGHT of women to also attend Football matches.
However, as someone who went to Azadi this summer and seeing the 'Aghab moondeh' people, I wouldn't want my family members especially the WOMEN to go there.

They should first create a section just for Women and gradually after couple of years mix the stadium with Men and women.
But, to just let women go to stadiums in Iran now is an idiotic decision and would have many consequences and I have no doubt one will be: sexual attacks on women

So says the guy named Abbas... I think Basiji IR supporters should be banned from forums.

#Democracy

[Keano]

5 votes for the banning, hmmmm wow!

It's easy, let's do the comparison:

Women in Iran are banned from entering the stadiums:

We have one of the worst hooligans in the world, where fans continuously cuss everyone they don't like, resorting to profanity against the players/coaches/ managers along with their entire families. Not to mention the loss of ticket sales income which could have been produced by these very women.

Women abroad attending Iran's matches in stadiums:

A clear example is Australia AC, where men, women, kids all attend Iran's matches, yet not a single case of profanity and cussing, plus non stop cheering of TM throughout the match, no matter what the flow of the game may be.

On top of all of the above, it's a fact the women's presence at the stadiums may increase the motivation and enthusiasm of the players on and off the pitch.

[hzv]

is not the op's fault women are not allowed into stadiums.

[Karimi 8]

Women should not be punished because of men's poor behaviour. Instead of avoiding the problem and saying its for their "safety" put better controls on the people that are ruining it for others. Every fan should be able to attend the games, its all to support our national team.

PS your question is very poorly phrased and carries a bias. If you want a more fair vote then it should have been worded differently.