Maliheh Mahdipour; Ali Asghar Davoudi; Ahoura Rahbar
Abstract
Iranian society has been involved in various types of political conflict in the last century. It has been the subject of different studies; however, the less addressed issue is the gender aspects of the political conflict in Iran, especially in the post-Revolution era. The current article seeks to investigate ...
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Iranian society has been involved in various types of political conflict in the last century. It has been the subject of different studies; however, the less addressed issue is the gender aspects of the political conflict in Iran, especially in the post-Revolution era. The current article seeks to investigate the role of gender in shaping political conflicts of the era. The question that has been addressed is to what extent has the post-revolutionary gender atmosphere in Iran affected political conflicts? the subject of research has been investigated using the geopolitical concepts of gender and gender space based on the works of Pierre Bourdieu, and using the historical method. The findings show that the gender-related fault in Iran has become active and has gradually increased in-depth as a result of the events followed by revolutionary developments as well as demographic changes and along with the process of globalization. The public policy-making emerged from the post-revolutionary ideological space, defined women as "others" who were banned from entering many public spaces because of their gender. The process of legitimizing women's rights also focused on controlling the female body and imposing a set of arrangements and conditions that women were forced to accept and observe only because of their gender. The factors led to the creation of an unequal homosexual discourse in which women mentally identified themselves as potential victims. Therefore, they reproduced themselves and waged a peaceful struggle to redistribute existing power and values. Hence, it looks like gender will become one of the major components of the conflict in the future of Iranian politics.
