Women in Persian Fiction

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This paper examines how women have a difficult life in Iran and how no one is allowed to discuss it or try to do something about women's rights in fear of being killed. It looks at how certain Iranian writers have spoken out about women's suffrage through their writing, disguising their political opinions through fiction, and how symbols and hidden meanings brought these painful issues to light. It deals with the roles these women play in Persian/Iranian fiction, how these roles show how women were treated in Iran, and how the writers brought these problems to light.

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"Also, to degrade women from the start, women are called "za'ifa," which means "weakling". (Jamalzadeh). That further indicates that women are dependent creatures not worthy of human status or respect. They are not strong like men, so they are not capable of doing work. Not in one story was it written that a woman was working outside the home. It becomes common knowledge that these "weaklings" are only good for domestic chores, and from Story with a Result by Sadeq Hedayat where the wife doesn't know how to make bread and flirts with another man while she is hanging the laundry, it would seem that these women cannot even do the domestic chores correctly. It could be interpreted that women cannot be depended on to do anything of value, inside or outside the home."

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