Reflection

for this weeeks blog we were asked to write about or reflect on what we have learned about our topic, the one from our research paper. and to tell you the truth i learned a ton of new things that i had no idea went on before i decided to write about women's rights in iran. i did not know that women did not have all their rights under the Shah. I sis learn that the Sharia Law was the law in Iran prior to 1979. This law, according to the research i did was the basis of family, marriage and women's rights in Iran. This law permitted men to have four permanent wives and as many temporary wives as they wanted. I really ahd no idea that it was to that extend and that the women didnt even have custody of thier kids. The custody of children was in the hands of the father and after his death, in the hands of the male relatives on the father's side. So if the couple were divorced, even after the death of the father, the mother would not get custody. I mean come on, how can people live like this. women are not made to be seperated from their children. i know if i was seperated from my child I do not think I would be able to live. I mean I was the one that went through all the pain and everything and I would not even be able to keep my child if the father would die. THAT IS LAME! And another thing I learned was that the woman had to have written permission from her husband to travel. I mean what are women over there animals, no I think the animals have more rights than women do. Since inside the country, one does not need to show an ID to travel, this permission was required for traveling outside the country. Citizenship was only through paternity. An Iranian man’s child from any woman would become an Iranian citizen automatically. An Iranian woman’s child from a non-Iranian would not be eligible for citizenship. So pretty much the women is just there to give the man children. these children do not in any way, shape or form get anything from their mother. Their dad gives them their citzenship, well he determines it, and the dad gets custody. the wife has to ask her husband if she is allowed to go places and cant go if he says no. I do not know about you guys but I know that I most definately could not deal with having to live by these rules.And these are just a couple things that i learned while writing this research paper.