While the images of the undressed Iranian student arrested in Tehran on November 2 went around the world, many political voices praised her courage. Taking the opportunity to allude to the wearing of the veil in France, the environmentalist MP Sandrine Rousseau caused a media outcry.
Sandrine Rousseau at the heart of a new controversy. The images of the Iranian student who stripped naked in protest against the Iranian regime and the fate it reserves for women were widely relayed on social networks, provoking a wave of support among the French political class. However, Sandrine Rousseau's reaction was a stain, and her publication came under criticism, reports Le Figaro.
A “feminism with variable political geometry”
“Our body, and everything we put – or not – to clothe it, belongs to us. Strength to Iranian women, to Afghan women, to all those who suffer oppression.” This is the message published on Sunday November 3 by the environmentalist MP on on the same level the fight of Iranian women against the moral police and the obligation to cover themselves, and that of women wishing to be able to wear the veil in France.
“Shame, nausea”notably released Aurore Bergé, while the publication had already reached five million views in a few hours. The Macronist accused Sandrine Rousseau of “capitulation to Islamism”. And “infamous tweet” et “feminism with variable political geometry” : Valérie Boyer didn't mince her words either. Referring to the moment when, in 2022, she spoke of the veil as a “beautification of women”Senator LR from Bouches-du-Rhône delivered the final blow: “In no way an embellishment but the instrument of misogynistic oppression, of sexual apartheid.”
Marjane Satrapi asks Sandrine Rousseau to “shut up”
France Inter comedian Sophia Aram also did not hesitate to enter the arena, denouncing “a shame”. This is also the case of the Franco-Iranian Marjane Satrapi (author of the comics Persepolis), directly concerned by this question, who castigated the reaction of Sandrine Rousseau. She reminded him that she had already been whistled two years ago during the first rally after the arrest and death of Mahsa Amini, again regarding her veil, which the police had deemed to be worn improperly. “Everyone has the right to be stupid, but in this case it’s better to keep quiet”she declared on Instagram, instructing the EELV MP to no longer speak on the subject.
published on November 5 at 10:02 a.m., Caroline Chambon, 6Medias.
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