We should all be very concerned that our country doesn't currently have legislated protection for this woman and others like her.
Countries such as Australia and New Zealand have legislated for compulsory bicycle helmets.
A growing number of countries have legislated, or plan to legislate, banning smoking in cars carrying children.
The government has legislated for important changes in education.
And no amount of government rulings has legislated against that.
The comedian said the corporation should have "evolved" instead of "legislating for token woman".
The Conservative party position is that people should be given a say by the end of 2017 and parliament should have an opportunity to legislate on that.
But the announcement was criticised by some high-profile comics and presenters, including Dara Ó Briain, who said last year the BBC should have evolved instead of legislating for token women.
"There should have been a stipulation which prevents legislating anything that contradicts Islam in the new Iraq," Mr. Hakim added, summarizing the ayatollah's views.
But the need for 60 votes to cut off Senate debate and end a filibuster — a requirement that appears nowhere in the Constitution, but is simply a self-imposed rule — turned what should have been a straightforward piece of legislating into a nail-biter.
