Hijab in Iran: To Be or Not to Be
https://www.rozen-bakher.com/timeline-risks/04/06/2023/0128
Published Date: 04 June 2023
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Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher
Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade
04 June 2023 at 01:28. Indeed, in the 1970s, the time was different even in Israel. When I was a child in primary school, the School Management tried to force me to participate in the Girls’ Class of Cooking and Embroidery instead of the Boys’ Class of Electronics and Carpentry, so I refused, and I started my ‘First Revolution’ to participate in the Boys’ Class of Electronics and Carpentry. To make the story short, eventually, ‘Everyone’ came to see how the Girl handled Electronics and Carpentry after the manager of the school got Special Permission from the Israeli Ministry of Education to allow me to participate in the Boys’ Class of Electronics and Carpentry. Since the 1970s, it’s become even harder to force Girls to do things against their wishes, so in the long-run, forcing Hijab in Iran is like ‘To Be or Not to Be’ for the Islamic Republic of Iran, because the share of the young female generation that opposes Hijab will increase over time to the point of deteriorating the political stability in Iran. To clarify my comment, I am not trying to give advice to Iran on what to do with the hijab or even what is right from the Feminism viewpoint, but only to raise the Risk for regime transformation/political instability in Iran if the current regime in Iran holds a strict policy against the young female generation that opposes the hijab. Adaptation is always needed, especially in the case of a culture gap between generations.
