Gender Relations Between Rural Areas And The West Of Iran

Daniel Leitao-Graca 4058971 SYG 2000 2 November 2015 Gender Relations in Rural Areas Summary of the Article This paper gives a detailed analysis of a peer-reviewed sociology paper to discuss the theme in the paper, giving a summary of the article with research methods and research findings plus relevance of the paper ‘Geographical Perspective on Gender Relations in Rural Areas; a Comparative Study in North and West of Iran’. The article ‘Geographical Perspective on Gender Relations in Rural Areas; a Comparative Study in North and West of Iran’ featured in the volume 10 issue 2 of the Journal of Rural and Community Development. Dadvar-Khani Fazileh authored the article in 2015. Fazileh is of the University of Tehran in Iran and is a†¦show more content†¦Fazileh’s comparative study shows the effect of geographical distribution in generating gender identity and female roles in rural areas (Dadvar, 72). The study as seen from the two different rural areas reveals a significant outlook between genders in terms of women’s social rights and roles in both economic and social activities. The studies in two different townships in Iran, Langroud in north Iran and Paveh in the west show a variance in gender relations and especially in female participation in activities as agriculture and the general attitude men of the same locality depict towards the same. The overall concern of Fazileh is to study the contribution of geographical conditions like climate and topography in the shaping of social issues like gender identity and female participation in socioeconomic activities including agriculture and how this affects men’s attitudes towards various gender issues like the position of the female gender and the legal status of women. The results of the study turn out different in the two townships of different geographical characteristics clearly delineating the purpose of geography in gender relations as seen in the rural areas of west and north Iran Research method Fazileh employed the use of questionnaires to conduct his study in the rural population of Iran (Dadvar,68). The questionnaires contained 64 items and were geared towards; gender rights and duties and the attitudes of men and women towards the same,