More male or female prisoners in Iran?
I was inspired by my commentary saying that there are more men than women in prisons. I will write specifically about Iran's situation:
Not having been there in any prison, neither as a prisoner nor as an interviewer, I can not say for sure that this is true. But based on articles and books I read and also from discussions with people who have been there, I think that the number should be around 50/50. True or untrue, the absolute truth is the difference of the nature of any gender imprisonment: while men rarely get arrested if they have raped, the women who have been raped get arrested. My question now: WHY? The answer from the jurisdiction institutions is very easy: these women forced men to look at them in a sexual way and not be able to control themselves. They basically encouraged to be raped. I don't know how these people who speak the verdicts can live with their decision. Don't they have daughters, wives, sisters, mothers themselves? Why do women have to cover themselves up to control male hormones?
Sure enough there are more males probably when you look at the political prisons. Even though that might be changing as well, now that women increasingly get involved in politics.
Concluding I would say that the nature of the imprisonment is different, but I am not sure about the ratio.
posted by Women's Rights here and there @ 9:47 PM
1 Comments:
you are correct in saying that without intimate knowledge of the penal system there, one can not be sure of the stats. you are also correct about the repression of women over there.
i would argue that men are more opressed in the west. just look at how they're treated by the court systems in divorce settlements. they're the ones that lose out. they (specially while males) are also the target of much reverse discrimination. it's not easy being a white male in the US these days.
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