Femininity is not merely a psychologically or biologically defined attribute. Despite the significance of biological and psychological mechanisms in the formation of gender, it is important to define it as a non-essentialist concept formed through socio-cultural processes. This exploratory study investigated women’s perceptions of femininities among Mazandarani, Azeri and Kurdish female university students in Iran. […]
This study investigated Iranian female amateur riders’ experiences and perceptions of horse riding in a sport arena largely appropriated by men. Despite women’s growing participation in sport in Iran, sports are considered male domains and there are still ongoing debates over women’s participation, dress code, and limitations on bodily movements and representations in sports arenas. […]
This article addresses Iranian women in higher education and their contemporary position in academia in Iran. By systematically reviewing available academic and official databases on women’s positions in academia published online or in print, the question is raised if women’s current position and role in academia is the result of personal choice-making or an existent […]
The phenomenon of street children is a common aspect of a few big Iranian cities, especially the capital city. They are seen almost everywhere and any time in the capital city, begging, selling cheap goods, playing musical instruments, or simply wandering around and playing with their playmates. In Tehran, due to heavy car traffic and […]
In contemporary Iranian society, sexuality is regulated by traditional cultural restrictions, prohibitions, taboos, and indirect regulations due to the country’s traditional and highly religious culture. The traditional restrictions on cross-sex associations are one of the many limitations that regulate the relationship between the sexes. Socialization processes are gendered as a consequence of there being different […]
Um dos temas caros para o Circuito Acadêmico é a produção e circulação desiguais do conhecimento científico no mundo. No ano passado, a socióloga iraniana Ladan Rahbari publicou um artigo na revista Civitas, Peripheral position in social theory. Limitations of social research and dissertation writing in Iran, resenhado pelo C/A. A autora nos concedeu uma […]
The right to the city – conceptualized by Henry Lefebvre – consists of two-component: the right to appropriate spaces and participate in processes therein. Appropriation is referred to as having a share of the space, using it, owning it, and valuing it because it has use value (as opposed to exchange value), while participation in […]
Iranian sociological streams and trends are, as in some other eastern countries, deeply affected and dominated by western scholars’ thoughts and theories. The centers, which are variable relative to the peripheral contexts, export theories and approaches, in the case of Iran, mostly through translation of American and British books and articles, for which we provide […]
Violence against women is still happening around the world, generating physical and psychological pain and disability for many of its victims. Violence in premarital relationships is an implicit aspect of violence against girls and women in Iranian society. Young girls who get involved in premarital relationships are very vulnerable to all forms of violence due […]
Sexual violence and victimization continues to be a significant problem worldwide. The patriarchal value system is helping the continuation of the problem by providing cultural justifications for abuse. This paper explores some patriarchal sexual attitudes leading to the physical health problems of married women in urban Iran. This is done by analyzing data from in-depth […]