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Discrimination of Women

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 Iran women want equality, respect and the right to participate in all social, political and economic activities. They want to live productive and dignified lives. Their roles are child bearing, care taking, providing comfort and satisfaction to their husbands. Punishment for not wearing the appropriate clothing ranges from the following things; verbal abuse, 74 lashes or being put in jail for a month to a year. For sexual misconduct is punished by being stoned to death. Women are aloud to work but only with the permission and even then some jobs are forbidden for women to do.Legal age for women to marry is 9 and polygamy is legal. Women can’t get a passport or travel without their husbands written permission. They can’t be with a man without their husband or male relative. They also can’t go into sports where men might see them and can’t watch sports when a man’s legs aren’t covered.