Iran proves that lifting its ban on women in soccer stadiums is a gauge, not a win

Iran proves that lifting its ban on women in soccer stadiums is a gauge, not a win

On the afternoon of Oct. 1, 1977, I was sitting in the bleachers at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. What better way is there to divide and weaken a nation than to ensure that half its population is prohibited from participating? Not only were women not allowed to be in the stadium, she told me, but this law was enforced with jail time, violence and sometimes torture.