Matin Research Journal

Matin Research Journal

Woman and Religious Government in Iran: A Study of the Consequences of Discourse of Islamic Revolution Regarding Political-Social Status of Women in Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Yahya Fouzi
Member of faculty member of Imam Khomeini International University.
Abstract
Regarding the social-political status of women in contemporary Iran, one of the important discourses has been the traditional discourse. Having their roots in the social and religious traditions, this discourse has had a significant influence on the nature of approach to women in Iranian society. However on the eve of the Constitutional Revolution a new discourse influenced by modernism came to the fore which is called semi-modernism because it is not fully compatible with Western modernism. This was the dominant discourse during the Pahlavi era.
On the threshold of the Islamic Revolution, a new discourse about women became dominant which is called the discourse of Islamic Revolution. Criticizing the traditional and semi-modern discourses this new discourse presented a new approach to women.
The present article is an attempt to study the said discourses and their consequences in the political and social fields.
Keywords
Discourse of Islamic Revolution
Islamic Revolution
Women
Iran