A Feminist Generation in Iran

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ID9979321
AutoresC Kurzman (0000-0003-4290-0819, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor correspondente)
Ano2008
Volume41
Fascículo3
Páginas297-321
Data de publicação2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIranian Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-0862 • E-ISSN: 1475-4819
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/00210860801981260
OpenAlexW2002212273
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas18
Referências citadas34

Numerous observers have noted that a feminist generation of educated young women appears to be emerging in Iran, despite the anti-feminist discourse of the Iranian government. Evidence from three surveys conducted in 2000–2003 confirms and complicates these observations. Educated young women are significantly more likely to espouse feminist attitudes of various sorts than other Iranians, including educated young men. In addition, educated young women are significantly more likely to work outside the home, marry later, give birth later, have fewer children, and have more egalitarian marriages than other Iranian women. However, surprising proportions of older Iranians also espouse feminist attitudes, and a majority of respondents in one nationally representative sample of urban Iranians identify themselves as proponents of women's rights

Feminism · Government (linguistics · Political science · Sociology · Demography · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies