Gender In The Movie Persepolis

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In the film persepolis, when the new regime rule 1980 in Iran, the regime made it mandatory for women to wear the veil. They also segregated the school between male and female. There a time in the movie, when Marji’s mother did not wear a veil and a lot of men insulted her. However, the government worker did not do anything to protect Marji’s mother. Instead of punishing the men that insulted Marji’s mother, the the government make women veil their body. The Islamist government think that without veil the women bodies can seduce man. The author of the textbook Pulsipher states that “Some countries even require women to stay out of public view. They expect women to remain in the public space only when they are on important businesses. When