Matin Research Journal

Matin Research Journal

Women Employment Discourses (A Comparative Study of Imam Khomeini’s Views and other Prevalent Discourses)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Masoumeh Abdolvahabi 1
Ali Roshanaie 2
Omid Ali Ahmadi 3
Hossein Jamali Ashtiani 2
1 . PhD Student (Economic Sociology and Development), Faculty of Humanities, Ashian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran.Ashtian, Iran. (Advisor)
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Ashian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, Iran.
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Ashian Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ashtian, IranAshtian, Iran
10.22034/matin.2022.202994.1520
Abstract
Discourses on employment of women entail certain methods that individuals and groups stick to when talking about the need or no need, musts and must-nots about employing women in the society. This paper has picked up the theory and method of discourse analysis based on Laclau and Mouffe theory to develop a comparative study between Imam Khomeini’s views and other common discourses concerning employment of women to extract similarities and distinctions. Our statistical population is historical texts on purposely selected intellectual schools. Findings indicate that pro-women employment discourses chiefly place emphasis on self-sufficiency of women, whereas the opposing discourses invoke natural differences and argue that employment of women disrupts family order. In the midst of these two discourses, Imam Khomeini’s discourse is based on Islamic teachings, the hegemony of which in the area of employment of women, has had immense consequences in safe and calm entry of women into employment centers and at the same time, settling women’s multi-faceted roles in family and career.
 
 
 
Keywords
Imam Khomeini
discourse
women’s employment
feminism
liberalism
socialism
Marxism
tradition
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