Brainquake or Boobquake were not actually the quakes that shook Iranian bloggers’ sphere last week, but it was Shadi Sadr’s article on “What is the difference between Iranian men and Tehran’s Imam Jom’e (Sedighi)” that did so. Shadi Sadr in this article criticizes “all” Iranian men harshly and claims that committing “verbal harassment” is part of the process of becoming a man in Iran. She accuses Iranian men, especially women’s rights and human rights activist men,of not being very different from Sedighi and that they share the same sexist opinion but at least Sedighi is more honest to mention it.
Shadi Sadr’s article faced an outrage by the male bloggers and around 100 blog’s posts were published in response to her article, mostly by angry men that believe Sadr has insulted them. A few of Iranian female bloggers also criticize her language but believe that her main point (verbal/sexual harassment) has been marginalized by the angry men.
At the end of the day, it was proved that a provocative language of an article would raise a thunder of debates and arguments but it might be at the expense of the writer’s credibility and reputation.