![]() | The Education of Women and The Vices of Men: Two Qajar Tracts Subjects: Women -- Iran -- Social conditions -- 19th conditions; Women -- Sexual behavior -- Iran; Sex customs -- Iran; Wives -- Iran -- Conduct of life; Husbands -- Iran -- Conduct of life; Iran -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; At the close of the nineteenth century, modern ideas of democracy and equality were slowly beginning to take hold in Iran. Exposed to European ideas about law, equality, and education, upper- and middle-class men and women increasingly questioned traditional ideas about the role of women and their place in society. In apparent response to this emerging independence of women, an anonymous author penned The Education of Women, a small booklet published in 1889. This guide, aimed at husbands as much as at wives, instructed women on how to behave toward their husbands, counseling them on proper dress, intimacy, and subservience. Hasan Javadi is the author and translator of numerous books, including Satire in Persian Literature and Persian Literary Influence on English Literature . He has taught English and Persian literature at the University of Cambridge, Tehran University, and the University of California at Berkeley. |
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