Oppression of Women in Iran

Individuals that often engage in oppression of another group of people or any given person are really only worried about one thing, themselves. They demonstrate that they have no decent morals of any kind and they do these things for solely personal gain. And if a member of an opressed group or individual attempts to stand for what's right they're often thrown to the side and dissmised because they're disrupting the oppressors way of life which they carfuly crafted to benefit only themselves, because most commonly oppressors are in positions of power. Take the oppression of women in Iran for example, which isn't close to the only social justice problem in Iran, women in public are forced at gun point to comply with dresscode at all times, but that is only if your husband lets you outside. Now how can close to 40 million men in Iran be ok with this or worse participate and compel other to participate in this social atrocity? Well it all started brewing when Reza Shah Pahlavi was put in charge with many influencess from the US and the religous traditionalists in Iran could not stand for it. 

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini started an uprising against the new Shah power by smuggling tapes of him exposing Shah's 'western ideals.' But long story shorter Khomeini greatly influened the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and ever since the Islamic Republic has ruled with an iron fist destorying all previous laws supporting women's rights. All in all, when one group of people that grew up in a religion with radical sexist ideals decides their religion must have power again it obviously genarates many roads leding to oppression while drowning out all protestors. Without the ablity to stand against oppression Iranian women have no say in what does or does not happen so it is no surprise to hear that when Sussan Tahmasebi started a campaign for equal rights in marrage and in general in 2006, she quickly obtained over one million signatures of fellow women. Although they were met with being thrown in prison they continued to fight, even to this day. Sometimes it takes a person like Sussan standing up for what's right to motivate others to also stand up against what's wrong in the world.

Individuals that often engage in oppression of another group of people or any given person are really only worried about one thing, themselves. They demonstrate that they have no decent morals of any kind and they do these things for solely personal gain. And if a member of an opressed group or individual attempts to stand for what's right they're often thrown to the side and dissmised because they're disrupting the oppressors way of life which they carfuly crafted to benefit only themselves, because most commonly oppressors are in positions of power. Take the oppression of women in Iran for example, which isn't close to the only social justice problem in Iran, women in public are forced at gun point to comply with dresscode at all times, but that is only if your husband lets you outside. Now how can close to 40 million men in Iran be ok with this or worse participate and compel other to participate in this social atrocity?

 Well it all started brewing when Reza Shah Pahlavi was put in charge with many influencess from the US and the religous traditionalists in Iran could not stand for it. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini started an uprising against the new Shah power by smuggling tapes of him exposing Shah's 'western ideals.' But long story shorter Khomeini greatly influened the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and ever since the Islamic Republic has ruled with an iron fist destorying all previous laws supporting women's rights. All in all, when one group of people that grew up in a religion with radical sexist ideals decides their religion must have power again it obviously genarates many roads leding to oppression while drowning out all protestors. Without the ablity to stand against oppression Iranian women have no say in what does or does not happen so it is no surprise to hear that when Sussan Tahmasebi started a campaign for equal rights in marrage and in general in 2006, she quickly obtained over one million signatures of fellow women. Although they were met with being thrown in prison they continued to fight, even to this day. Sometimes it takes a person like Sussan standing up for what's right to motivate others to also stand up against what's wrong in the world.

 

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