Female Bodies and Sexuality in Iran and the Search for Defiance

1. Introduction
Background of the Context: The Two Generations Youth, Sexuality and the Islamic StateResearch Method and Fieldwork Encounters The Interview Process The Issue of Trust and Confidentiality Positionality Mapping the Fieldwork
2. Conceptual Framework

IntroductionThe Emerging Concern: Demystifying Women's Passive SubordinationPower and Resistance FrameworkThe Limits of Binary Analysis: Redefining Resistance and Agency
3. Learning Sexuality

IntroductionPopulation Policies and the Topic of SexGlobalised Media: New Sources of Learning Sexuality The Question of 'Normality'The Post-Revolutionary Discourse of Sexuality The Religious Discourse and Women's Perception of Sex Combining Hadith with ScienceConclusion
4. Narratives of Virginity

IntroductionSocialising Women about VirginityThe Social Aspects of Virginity Virginity as a Bargaining ToolLosing Virginity: The Younger Generation's ExperienceConfirming Bride's Virginity and Changes in Social Customs The Blood-Stained 'Dastmâl' The 'Bride's Health Certificate'Hymen-Repair Surgeries and Fake VirginityConclusion
5. Narratives of Menstruation

IntroductionMenstrual Body The Construction of ShameMedicalizing Menstruation: Knowledge versus Tradition Menarche and the Ritual of Slapping Naturalizing MenstruationKeeping the SecretAppropriating RestrictionsConclusion
6. Narratives of Marriage
IntroductionDifferent Approaches, Different Expectations Marriage in Time of the Revolution Politicised Widowhood and Marital RelationsFamily and Marriage ArrangementsMarriage for Post-Revolutionary GenerationsTemporary MarriageDivorceConclusion
7. Conclusion
Contextualising Women's Narratives of Sexuality in Iran and its Theoretical ImplicationsMoving Beyond the Binary of Resistance/Subordination