[News] Women Banned from Universities in Iran

[Vondric]

This is just pathetic, and just outright wrong... What are your thoughts and opinions?
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Women Banned from Universities in Iran

A new policy in Iran, which was announced for the first time on August 6, will allow universities to ban women from 77 BA and BSc degrees, the New York Times reports. The new policy will go into effect in 36 different institutions in a country that has the highest female to male ratio in university settings in the world, according to UNESCO.
Women make up around 65% of university students currently, and this statistic has generally been perceived as a driving force behind enforcing the new policy. Some of the disciplines that will become single gender (aka male) include English literature, English translation, electrical engineering, business management, and computer science, the Telegraph notes.
Oil Industrial University plans to stop accepting female students completely, citing a lack of demand for female graduates. Isfahan University also cited jobless female graduates as a rationale for barring them from its engineering degree program.
Women have been outperforming men in the academic world for many years now in Iran. Three women to two men pass the university entrance exam currently and that statistic has many Iranian clerics concerned women are no longer performing as wives and mothers. Critics of the ban have expressed concern that the policy is an attempt to fracture and weaken the feminist movement in Iran, including Nobel laureate, Shirin Ebadi. In a recent letter she sent out, Ebadi said this about the new education policy:
[It] is part of the recent policy of the Islamic Republic, which tries to return women to the private domain inside the home as it cannot tolerate their passionate presence in the public arena… The aim is that women will give up their opposition and demands for their own rights.
So two different arguments have dominated the decision to block women from university. One posits that the ratio of students in universities needs to be equal, rather than a dominating 65% of women. The other rationale posits that female graduates are unwanted in the workforce. Both arguments inherently suggest that women should be wives and mothers rather than career-focused.
The accusations regarding the destruction of the feminist movement and an attack on female education have been brushed off by education minister Kamran Daneshjoo, who claims that 90% of degree options are still open to women. But it’s clear that women are being expressly barred from some degree options because they are women. One education official stated, “Some fields are not very suitable for women’s nature.”
Women’s education is currently under outright threat in Iran. The new policy will go into effect this coming fall when students return to campus. The New York Times notes that last year there was a close brush with the idea of outright segregating male and female students, which was finally stopped by president Mahmood Ahmadinejad, at the last minute.


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Farewell,
-Vondric

[ezpzzz]

Bah, couldn't expect less from Iran..

[Evilkitten]

You would think they were building an army the why they were talking about women. Sad but countries like this are still believe in certain ways of life.

I hope they change their mind soon. =/

[☠RockAngeL☠]

it's iran man , expect anything ...

@Evvilkitten
its not about believen in certain ways , they are using and doing what ever they like without taking any permissions from anyone ...

[exclamatio]

That sucks, you know what else sucks? That over here there is still a pay gap between men and women in the same positions, don't pretend we are any better.

[ChewBecca]

That sucks, you know what else sucks? That over here there is still a pay gap between men and women in the same positions, don't pretend we are any better.

As I am starting my own business, I wouldnt even think about paying someone more than the other based on thier sex. It just seems crazy. It should be based on qualifications, but sadly this is not always the case.

[Evilkitten]

it's iran man , expect anything ...

@Evvilkitten
its not about believen in certain ways , they are using and doing what ever they like without taking any permissions from anyone ...

Yes it is, they still believe that a woman should be at home taking care of house and home not going off and getting an education. This is still done without permission from anyone and as described in the article it is definitely because of tradition were women should be learning to look after babies and being a perfect housewife instead taking up their time with getting a degree.

This is still a problem all around the world and still exist in the UK. At present moment women are being forced to give up their jobs because they can no longer afford childcare as prices are being put up.

This world is still a very long way off being equal and based on the fact that people still believed in certain way of life that men at school & work and women learning from mothers and stuck at home.

[SirEpicWin]

That sucks, you know what else sucks? That over here there is still a pay gap between men and women in the same positions, don't pretend we are any better.

But not worst then this.

[Rishwin]

Aha, finally!

[Repthon]

I will talk to ahmadi najad tomorrow and tell him to lift this rule.

Sucks to be a woman in Iran.

[I Ruled MU]

In countries like this, women SHOULD be educated. I'm not entirely sure of my facts on this, but I'm guessing in a country like Iran women aren't really a major part of the workforce. They probably stay at home and look after the kids/manage the household. If you're going to make them live in a system where they can't do much else, at least educate them so that they can pass on that knowledge to their children who will grow up to be smarter individuals.

But then again, if the masses are ignorant it is easier to control them.

That sucks, you know what else sucks? That over here there is still a pay gap between men and women in the same positions, don't pretend we are any better.

Atleast we're making progress. We don't say "no penis, no education." It's amazing to think that only 100 years (a mere lifetime ago), we were exactly the same. Lets hope we keep progressing at a similar or faster rate.

Oh wait you live in Scotland now...

[Robert]

Some of the disciplines that will become single gender (aka male) include English literature, English translation, electrical engineering, business management, and computer science

Seriously, if it's anything like in England, there are barely any women in the electrical engineering or computer science degrees anyway. Frankly I doubt this will go down well in the university's, I wish there were more women on my course!

But seriously I can totally see where they are coming from. 65% ratio is pretty high! England is always going on about girls maturing quicker and being better at school etc. Granted banning women entirely from courses is a little bit OTT, but limiting that ratio to around 50% wouldn't be such a bad thing now, would it?

I'm very much an equal opportunity person, having one sex more educated than the other is a bad thing. That's how men dominated the world, if that % kept increasing it could easily swing the other way. Granted it should still be about intelligence, and the best people should be educated regardless of sex, so I guess it's a problem with lower education, and society as a whole.


Meh whatever, there is nothing anyone in the western world can do about it so I don't see the point of any of us getting annoyed. We have problems at home to take care of, let the crazies mess themselves up. In the end there is a reason females are dominating the courses. Educating other people in place of those who SHOULD be getting the education, is just silly. But then I guess we do the same but with money instead. They are educating men, we are educating the wealth...

[Supicioso]

Bout time Iran gets those females back in the kitchen.

[xHeinrich]

I wouldn't say its nearly as bad as this:
Saudi Arabia's women-only cities are no blueprint for liberation | Homa Khaleeli | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

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