Abstract: On the fifth of February 2022, a man gruesomely murdered his seventeen-year-old wife, Mona Heydari, in a city in a southern province of Iran. The man then shocked bystanders by strolling in public spaces while carrying his wife’s severed head. This paper focuses on the case of Mona’s killing and investigates the state, media, […]
Sexual violence and victimization continue 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 […]
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 the widespread abuse against girls and women in traditional societies. Young girls who get involved in premarital relationships are very vulnerable to all forms of […]