Analyzing the Mental Schemas of the Poets of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's Period about Women's Political Participation

Document Type : Scientific

Authors

1 PhD student of Persian language and literature of Birjand University

2 faculty member of department of Persian language and literature, faculty of humanities, university of birjand

3 Associate Professor and member of the Faculty of Political Science, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Birjand University, Birjand

10.22103/jis.2025.23810.2632

Abstract

Purpose: Discussing mental schemas can lead to understanding the perspectives and understanding of individuals in each society towards themselves or others, because individuals often perceive others based on the schemas they have in their minds and, accordingly, try to establish relationships with others. Most researchers cite men's perspectives and the patriarchal attitudes prevailing in society as the main reason for women's lack of political participation. During the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah (Pahlavi II) in 1962, women were granted the right to vote; however, women's presence in various sectors of society, including politics, was still low during this period. Many intellectuals of this period, including male and female poets, have addressed women's participation, and the present study has evaluated the poems of this group of poets and examined their mental schemas regarding women's political participation.
Method and Research: The data analysis of this descriptive-analytical study was conducted using thematic analysis. After examining the personal mental schemas of male poets (women's activeness and passivity) and the mental schemas of female poets (from the perspective of another and from their own perspective), contrasting and similar schemas between these two groups were identified.
Findings and Conclusions: The results show that all male poets paid attention to women's political participation and always encouraged them to be effective and active in the administration of the country's affairs. In contrast, female poets, while acknowledging various abilities and individual, social, and political rights for women, consider and address women as worthless, weak, captive, and despised from the perspective of men. It seems that the reason for the low level of women's political participation can be found in mental schemas.

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