Gender+Expectations+In+Iran+by+Ruby+Torres

In 1963 women were given the right to vote. Also the idea of giving women in Iran the opportunity to have a free life to be a participant in the public life. Women would attend school more then men did in Iran. Ninerty-four percent of Iranian attended school, and women comprise over 60% of all University graduates.Segregation of the sexes in education institutions varies, yet the quality of women's educaion is thought to be largely on pare with that of men.Also a focal point of attention on women’s issues in Iran is frequently the Veil. Like in //Persepolis// they made Marji wear the veil when she was only 10 years old they started wearing the veil in 1980. Womens in Iran are forced to wear the Veil everywhere they go except in their homes they are free to wear it or not.The Veil is the black full-body covering worn by many Muslim women in Iran. How a veil is worn is when the woman’s hair and skin is concealed in public with the exception of her hands and face. Now for the percent of women working in Iran is diffrent from the percent of women working in the United States. The women in Iran only make up about 15% of the working population a percentage that is the lowest in the Middle East. Which regionally is the lowest in the world. A husband may prevent his wife from working outside the home, and women who do work are often underemployed. Women are overrepresented in jobs such as taxi driving and vastly underrepresented in higher skilled jobs. Also women cannot hold public office above the municipal level and traditionally earn less than their male counterparts in similar jobs. Middle-class women worked outside the home only from dire necessity. Lower class women frequently worked outside the home, especially in major cities, because their incomes were needed to support households .The broader idea isn't that women should be forced to stay at home, but rather, that women shouldn't be placed in a position where they are forced to work, as they often are in west. Women are completely free to work, and are even sometimes forced to do so, but by and large, it's a decision left up to them; men have the complete financial obligation for the family, and he has no right to demand any income a women may earn. Iranian women also face discrimination in family matters.Not only can women be compelled into marriage at age 13, but they also have few rights in the areas of divorce, custody, and inheritance.Domestic violence generally goes unpunished. A woman’s testimony in court is technically worth just half of a man’s and a woman may still be stoned for adultery.Women cannot obtain a passport without the permission of a husband or male relative. Overall, women in Iran rank 92 out of 157 on the United Nations Gender Disparity Index.
 * The Gender Expectations of Women in Iran Ruby Torres **


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