EVENT 1

EVENT 1
Name: “Divorce Iranian Style”
Date: November 6, 2007
Location: Torg. 1060

This event was a documentary style video that followed four women in Iran while they were trying to divorce their husbands. The video had very little commentary and really just showed what it was like in a very real way. Almost the entire video took place in the court house where the fate of the women was decided.
In Iran women are only allowed to divorce their husbands under certain circumstances. The court decides if the reasons they state are legitimate enough to grant the divorce. Women really have no rights. In one case one of the women (or I should say girl, she was 16) had had her marriage arranged. She had no desire to marry her husband. In the course we have learned women have always had to fight for the equality that they have. Women in Iran are in the midst of their struggle. Men in the Iranian society are definitely viewed as superior. Women there are still viewed as a possession in which their man purpose in life is to have babies and make the man happy.
I was shocked when I saw this video. I had no clue that women have such little rights in the Iranian society. At the court house there were two separate entrances and women were told how much make up they should be wearing. But the most shocking event that occurred during the video was when one woman remarried she lost her children. I could not believe that the court would take away her daughter for marrying another man. This video showed me how far women in some societies still have to come. Strive for equality for women is definitely not over.