Iranian Gender Boundaries
In Iran, human rights are severely restricted from women, adding on to the amount of discrimination faced against Iranian women. The question, what are the new regulatory apparatuses that patrol the boundaries of gender and sex, has been widely debated in the trespassing gender field, with scholars arguing how the human rights of Iranian women are restricted and discriminatory.
However, the article, “Women’s Rights in Iran” does not adequately address the issue of discrimination against Iranian women. This proposal addresses how Iranian women try every day to fight against these unrighteous bans towards them and are incarcerated throughout this process. The apparatus government system creates bans against them, constituting them as property rather than as free human beings. There is currently a ban against women watching men’s sports in stadiums in which games occur.
Leagues within these tournaments should not allow Iran to host any games unless they agree to let women watch; this can be a start to ending discrimination against women in Iran. Today, there is a campaign called #Watch4Women that specifically aims towards ending discrimination towards women in Iran and also want the FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) to prevent Iran from hosting future tournaments.
I argue that Iranian women are treated as property rather than as human beings who reserve the right to do as constituted in the rights listed for them. This project reflects on discrimination against women, shedding new light on rarely acknowledged boundaries within gender and sex of women in Iran. Iranian women deserve their rights and deserve to be respected as people and not treated as property as all of us women should be treated. As a feminine activist specifically for Iranian women, these steps must be made, I have joined peaceful rallies myself. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Iranian Cinema to know that this proposal is necessary to balance equality within Iran and its people.

CFP:http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2015/01/29/trespassing-gender-deadline-march-15th

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