<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/weekinreview/09slackman.html> September 9, 2007 The World Molding the Ideal Islamic Citizen By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
TEHRAN
THE instructor held up an unfurled green condom as she lectured a dozen brides-to-be on details of family planning. But birth control was only one aspect of the class, provided by the government and mandatory for all couples before marriage. The other was about sex, and the message from the state was that women should enjoy themselves as much as men and that men needed to be patient, because women need more time to become aroused. -- Yoshie