Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• zeinab moradinezhad ¹
• mohammad taghi karami ²
• Saeedeh Amini ³
• saeed zokaei ⁴

¹ Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor (Department of Women Studies), Allameh Tabataba'i University

³ Associate Professor (Department of Women Studies), Allameh Tabataba'i University

⁴ Full Professor, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Iranian women adopt various strategies to enter the field of politics or to face political issues. The purpose of this study is to understand these strategies from the perspective of women. Strategy refers to large-scale approaches that can be explored as a whole from individual behaviors in different situations, and in the present article, we are particularly concerned with mechanisms Iranian women use to enter politics and confront political issues and problems? For this purpose, a conceptual - critical approach was developed with an interpretive approach relying on sensitive concepts such as understanding gender inequality, different experience (female lived experience) and slow progression from perspectives such as radical feminism and that of Asif Bayat. This research has been done with a qualitative approach (individual and group interviews) and with the method of content analysis. Based on the results of this study, four types of strategies were identified:  bold gender resistance, anticipatory inaction, feminine political attitude (soft strategy) and desperate isolation. Thus it can be said that due to the difference in the method of awareness and its origin in different individuals, the choice of strategy is different among women, and consequently there is a multiplicity of patterns of agency and subjectivity of women in politics. In addition, the results of the study indicate two important points: 1. Gender sensitivities and women's political activism are interconnected and inseparable. 2. Gender can be considered one of the determining factors of political activism in the micro and macro arenas.

Keywords

• Women and Politics
• Bold Gender Resistance
• Expected Inactivity
• Women's Politics (Soft Strategy)
• Desperate Isolation

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Main Subjects

• Women's Studies