Artistic Works in the Context of an Aesthetic Movement – A Comparative Analysis

Iranian Women’s Movement

Quiann James

Iranian Intellectual Movement

The Iranians women’s movement has its roots in 1910. The women of Iran at this time faced many socio-political obstacles, some of which were addresses and overcome by the Iranian Women’s Social Movement (Wilson Center). Gender-based discrimination was among the most rampant social vice that the country exhibited. By 1963, the movement had allowed Iranian women to vote for the leaders of the country. This was part of Mohammad Reza’s revolution. It also allowed women the right to stand for public office. Socially the movement also had a few triumphs, for example, the family act of 1975, and enabled women in Iran enjoy divorce and custody rights (Osanloo, A. 2006). It also helped reduce the rate at which polygamy in Iran was practiced. The movement significantly reduced the socio-political disparity between the men and women in Iran (Shahidian, H. 2002).

In this week's, read, the persona and her colleagues all represent a part of the female rights that the Iranian women’s movement worked hard to see it materialize into reality. The eight girls have to conform to the laws of the land and walk around fully covered from head to toe (Azar, N. 2003). Towards the end of the read, we learn that the discrimination upon women in the country extended even into the educational institutions. Female student on university grounds suffered discrimination as late as 1987. Talking to members of the opposite sex, running in the halls and lateness, resulted in very strict consequences (Azar, N. 2003). The causes of the genesis of the Iranians Women’s Movement can be attributed that the Iranian woman has to live with. It is very evident that the women’s individual uniqueness is an ideology that is yet to be discussed. The struggle of the Iranian woman and the constraints are ultimately the cause for the upraise.

References

Azar, N. (2003) Lolita in Terahan. ebrary.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014, from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ashford/Doc?id=10039134&ppg=13

Osanloo, A. (2006). Islamico-civil "rights Talk": Women, Subjectivity, And Law In Iranian Family Court. American Ethnologist, 33(2), 191-209.

Shahidian, H. (2002). Resistance in the Islamic republic: emerging voices in the Iranian women's movement. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

The Women's Movement in Iran | Wilson Center. (n.d.). The Women's Movement in Iran | Wilson Center. Retrieved July 10, 2014, from http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/the-womens-movement-iran