Misogyny in Contemporary Persian and Arabic Literature

Based on the idea that Persian and Arabic language and literatures are among those formed within the patriarchal framework of discourse, this study attempts to investigate the roots and manifestation of misogyny in contemporary poetry of Iran and Arab countries by focusing on the powerful discourse of gender in literature. The results show that the relative change of idea about woman in the contemporary poets of Iran and Arab countries does not have power to fight the gender stereotypes which aim to undermine and humiliate women, and despite the development in the mind of contemporary poets, it seems impossible to prevent the development of traditional beliefs which focus on the male superiority and female inferiority. Though not evident, there is still overt and covert misogyny in contemporary Iran and Arab poetry.