Likewise, the major question raised by the situation in Iran is ‘How does the government reduce rates of growth of HIV/STI?’ And also, ‘How does the government reduce the social risk faced by women?’ The ‘social risk’, which most women are petrified of, is the lurking danger of getting caught by the Islamic morality police or family members. I find this censure and coercion by the morality police in Iran very shocking. It leads me to question the efficacy and legitimacy of institutions of justice in the country, which is clearly malfunctioning. The authorities thus also need to ask themselves ‘How can we alleviate the constant emotional trauma women endure due to our moral policing?’ Unless the Iranian government does not address this question seriously, the plight of women will continue.
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[2] Yael Ben-zvi. Zionist Lesbianism and Transsexual Transgression: Two Representations of Queer Israel, Middle East Report, Spring 1998, pp.1.
[3] Jared McCormick. Hairy Chest, Will Travel: Tourism, Identity, and Sexuality in the Levant, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, Volume 7, Number 3, Fall, 2011, pp. 71.
[4] Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer, Sexuality in Morocco: Changing Context and Contested Domain, Culture, Health & Sexuality, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul. – Sep., 2000), pp. 239.
[5] Pardis Mahdavi. But What If Someone Sees Me?: Women, Risk, and the Aftershocks of Iran’s Sexual Revolution, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, Volume 5, Number 2, Spring, 2009, p.2
[6] Pardis Mahdavi. But What If Someone Sees Me?: Women, Risk, and the Aftershocks of Iran’s Sexual Revolution, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, Volume 5, Number 2, Spring, 2009, p.2
[7] Jared McCormick. Hairy Chest, Will Travel: Tourism, Identity, and Sexuality in the Levant, Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, Volume 7, Number 3, Fall, 2011, pp. 71