The Islamic Revolution 1979
Has the Islamic Revolution in Iran subjugated woman?

Subjugated past participle, past tense of sub·ju·gate (Verb)
|Verb: | Bring under domination or |
| |control, esp. by conquest. |
| |Make someone or something subordinate |
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The Revolution
Irans capital is Tehran and on January 19, 1979 it was in a state of mayhem. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Iran’s Shah (which means ruler or king) for four decades, fled the country during this state of revolt.
Ayatollah Rebollah Khomeini worked for many years to overthrow Iran’s Shah and saw this as the perfect time to do so but he was in Paris during all of this. Regardless of where Ayatollah was at that moment, many people wanted him to overthrow the current Shah so millions of people went to the streets to cheer on his efforts.
Ayatollah returned to Iran and replaced Mohammad the original Shah. He changed Iran’s secular government (separation of religion and government) to theocracy and had Islamic religious leaders called Mullahs to be the divine guidance.
Woman lost what they previously gained socially
They had to resort back to strict rules and regulations such as:
Wearing Hijab and Chadors
1967 Family Protection Law repealed
Barred from becoming judges
Sex-segregated beaches/sports/school rooms/buses
Legal age for marriage lowered to 13
Married woman couldn’t attend regular schools
Didn’t have equal consideration for inheritance
Virginity tests
No pre-marital sex or recreational sex if married
Physical contact in public is forbidden

Has The Islamic revolution in Iran Subjugated Women ?

Islams role had greater effect on shaping the position of women. The taliban regime prevented women from working outside @ the home , attending school , and participating in the political process in any meaningful way.

In the iranian revolution in 1979 women in iran suddenly lost the majority of the rights that they had fought for over the past century.

The more anti western & fundamentalist the religious and political leaders have become, the lower the position of women has become.

islam has traditionally depicted women as the weaker sex.
The views have shaped the social role in islamic revolution women had played a very active role in islamic revolution in iran right from the beginning.

A man can divorce on a whim, while a woman has to jump through hoops – and then custody of children over seven routinely goes to the husband; a woman can to be stoned to death for committing adultery, whereas a man can have up to four wives and any number of "temporary" wives; a 13-year-old girl can be condemned as a criminal but the age of legal responsibility for a boy is 15; a woman's life is deemed to be worth only half of that of a man or a boy. No woman can stand for the presidency. A woman must cover her head and body at all times in public, and if she refuses can be punished, sometimes in seventh-century fashion, by flogging.

-In the early years, red lipstick was "an insult to the blood of the martyrs".

-Depending on their husband , they usually had to cover themselves from head to toe. Especially in public

-They had to walk two paces behind a male

-It was harder for them to get medical care

-Some couldn’t go outside unless they were escorted by a male

-they couldn’t take a picture of themselves unless the husband ok's it

-They couldn’t eat things like bananas and cucumbers unless it was cut up into small peices by their father or husband because they believed it made them 'aroused”

-They couldn’t be independent or walk in their own shadow/ identity , instead they were always following rules of some man.