Women's Rights Comparing Sweden to Iran
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Women’s Rights: Comparing Sweden to Iran
Women’s Rights: Comparing Sweden to Iran
Sepehr Shamloo
A3D2.
Ewa Jonsson
Sepehr Shamloo
A3D2.
Ewa Jonsson
“Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; the female sex.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
Throughout the history of the human race and every civilization, society were separated into two very wide groups, females and males. Over many years of human civilization, many of the wisest in society put their efforts into bringing equality for man and women, they tried to decrease and eradicate sexual segregation, especially towards women. For centuries, men have seen themselves as superior to women and have tried to use their power to suppress women in society. In this study, I want to compare two countries over women’s rights. The three simple rights that will be talked about in this essay are women’s right to decide how to dress and present themselves in these society, the rights women have to express themselves through art e.g.as singer and women’s reproductive rights.
Iran is an Islamic country with the majority of muslims. As it is interpreted from the Quran and said by muslim priest in Iran, Islam is not just a religion and about morals and humanity, but it covers every single aspect of a muslim’s life. In Iran’s constitution is has been written that each person needs to follow the rules of Hijab, both men and women (Sepahpour 2015) , but over the course of time, it was always just about women and what they should wear and what they should not wear. The decision over how to look and dress in society is one of the most basic rights of each individual in society. By contrast, Sweden is giving this freedom to women to decide about how they want to dress and being seen in public. It is possible that for some, it might seem completely unimportant and not worthy of any thought, but, in society, each...
Women’s Rights: Comparing Sweden to Iran
Sepehr Shamloo
A3D2.
Ewa Jonsson
Sepehr Shamloo
A3D2.
Ewa Jonsson
“Of all the evils for which man has made himself responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking or so brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; the female sex.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
Throughout the history of the human race and every civilization, society were separated into two very wide groups, females and males. Over many years of human civilization, many of the wisest in society put their efforts into bringing equality for man and women, they tried to decrease and eradicate sexual segregation, especially towards women. For centuries, men have seen themselves as superior to women and have tried to use their power to suppress women in society. In this study, I want to compare two countries over women’s rights. The three simple rights that will be talked about in this essay are women’s right to decide how to dress and present themselves in these society, the rights women have to express themselves through art e.g.as singer and women’s reproductive rights.
Iran is an Islamic country with the majority of muslims. As it is interpreted from the Quran and said by muslim priest in Iran, Islam is not just a religion and about morals and humanity, but it covers every single aspect of a muslim’s life. In Iran’s constitution is has been written that each person needs to follow the rules of Hijab, both men and women (Sepahpour 2015) , but over the course of time, it was always just about women and what they should wear and what they should not wear. The decision over how to look and dress in society is one of the most basic rights of each individual in society. By contrast, Sweden is giving this freedom to women to decide about how they want to dress and being seen in public. It is possible that for some, it might seem completely unimportant and not worthy of any thought, but, in society, each...