male+roles+in+islam+by+morgan+cottew

‍‍‍TITLE CHANGE---‍‍‍ Men and Women Gender Roles in the Islamic Religion‍‍‍‍‍ By Morgan Cottew

As some of us may know Iran has some very strict rules towards gender. Men and women have different roles and some may say it is very unequal. It is very normal and traditional that the women stay at home and manage the house and care for the children whereas the men go to work and make money for the family. Women working outside their homes is very rare but lower-class women often do work outside their homes because they need the extra money but women in the upper-class don't need to because their husbands make enough money already.

In 1979 the Islamic Revolution took place, one year later it became a law that women must wear a veil. There was many demonstrations against the veils. Women had to wear the veils but men had no rules about them wearing a veil or what they had to wear. I think women should have a choice on whether or not they wear the veil, I think it is up to them to decide depending on how religious they are or what the veil means to them.

When men reach the age of puberty they are required to preform all prayers, fasting, and the performance of‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Hajj when he is prepared ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. All men must go to all the prayers at the mosque in congregation if he is physically able to. Not only do men have expectations for religion but they have marriage duties also. It is the husband's duty to spend time with his wife and cannot abuse her because of the Qur'an and Sunnah of the Prophet have commanded kindness to women. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Men have twenty-nine responsibilities towards his family ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. Some of them are that the husband must maintain a clean mouth with fresh breath and if he were to lecture his wife he can no be violent and do it when no one is around. Another rule that the males must follow is he cannot joke around because it leads to lack of respect for you. ‍‍‍‍‍‍ In //Persepolis// it does not talk about male roles in Islam but focusses more on women roles.

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Sources: [|Gender roles in Islam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_roles_in_Islam [|Men In Islam] http://safia71.tripod.com/men_in_islam.htm