SOC 885 Lecture Notes - Assyrian Law, Hijab
26 Jul 2014
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A snapshot of the gender-based socio-religious history of mesopotamia and the. Mediterranean middle east prior to the advent of islam highlights the importance of the changes that took place during that time period. It also helps understand the importance of the religion in relation to such changes and the reasons behind the teachings of the religion itself. In relation, the law supported control over females by allowing men to pull out (the hair of) his wife, mutilate (or) twist her ears, with no liability attaching to him (ahmed, 13). Additionally, if the husband decided upon divorce, the assyrian law allowed him to. Decide whether the wife received anything following the divorce (ahmed, 13). As male dominance forced the creation of a class-based society, the veiling rules further encouraged segregation by differentiating between women who could (respectability) or could not wear the veil (prostitutes).
