Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Woman racer upsets testosterone-driven Iran - Yahoo! News

TEHRAN (AFP) - When behind the wheel, Iranian women have to put up with all sorts of verbal abuse from the testosterone-charged types that dominate the Islamic republic's highways -- such as being told to tend to a washing machine rather than a car.
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====Laleh Seddigh

But Iran's women drivers, most of whom are clearly ill at ease navigating the anarchic road network, now have a national idol: a young woman nicknamed "Little Schumacher".

FOLLOWUP: More to the story and more pictures here.

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