Gender Cleavage and Political Conflict in Iran: A Sociological Approach

Subject Areas : علوم سیاسی

Malihe Mahdipour ¹ , Ali Asghar Davoudi ² , Ahoura Rahbar ³

1 - Department of Political Science, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran
2 - Department of Political Science, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Department of Political Science, Neyshabur Branch, Islamic Azad University, Neyshabur, Iran

Received: 2022-03-10 Accepted : 2022-06-01 Published : 2022-06-12

Keywords: Iran, Islamic Revolution, gender equality, political conflict, Gender Cleavage,

Abstract :

A look at Iran's contemporary history shows that in the past century, Iranian society has been alternately involved in riots, movements, revolutions and political instability. To explain the causes of these conflicts, theorists have emphasized various factors, among which the number, type, nature and structure of social divisions in Iran can be mentioned. One of the faults that became activated after the Islamic Revolution is the gender cleavage. This article deals with the question of what role gender played in the process of political conflicts in post-revolutionary Iran.The findings show that the activation of the gender cleavage caused the political conflicts after the revolution to take on a gendered color.As a result,while women pursue specific demands related to their gender class, other groups and political factions involved in political conflicts also have emphasized their demands to attract their opinion, and from time to time, they have highlighted these demands in their campaign agenda.The current research is of a qualitative type based on documentary and library methods,and the relevant data were collected through note-taking of various books,articles,and documents,and the data were described and analyzed with a sociological approach.