Initially, I had anticipated basing my cultural project on gender roles within Afghanistan or Iran. Instead I decided on Weddings in Iran and then incorporated some information about basic gender roles in Iran because of lack of information. Gender roles I though would be an important aspect of culture because of religious turbulence in the Middle East the lack of support for women.
I turned to weddings instead because I really enjoy them. I frequently watch the show say yes to the dress, where I had seen a few extravagant Persian weddings, and I believed it would be an enjoyable topic and would tie in gender roles as well if I talked about rate of marriage and age of marriages. Incidentally, the rate and age of marriage have changed drastically over the years as women are now receiving more of a say in how early they would like to marry. This was something I had not been quite expecting because I had always assumed religion and tradition bound most women to marrying early. The ending of my project which summarized my insight on marriages that are as heavily arranged as Persian ones tend to be should be further explored, especially as Iran is morphing socially into accepting the rights of women openly.
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