HUMAN 1C Chapter Notes - Chapter all: Hymen
● Women Without Men had been banned in Iran, and Shahrnush herself lived in exile
Mahdokht
● Mahdokht who had no tolerance for conflict of any kind and simply wished for a universal
harmony
○ She was a teacher
● The principal asked her on a date, made all teachers uncomfortable
○ She quit
● She sees 15 year old girl with an old gross man and is disgusted
● “My virginity is like a tree”
○ Adam and eve, sacred
Faiza
● Faiza is 28
○ Does not have a husband
● Faiza judged people based on how their faces looked
○ She thought munis was stupid bc her face was round
● Munis is 10 years older than Faiza
● Faiza is trash talking Parveen
○ Munis doesn’t understand why Faiza doesn’t like the woman
○ Attacking her on basis of virginity
● Argue about whether hymen is membrane or orifice
● Munis’s Brother Amir “women belong in the house”
Munis Part One
● At the age of eight she had been told that God would not forgive a girl who lost her
virginity in any way.
○ She is angry and rage filled that she’s spent years not doing anything to
compromise her virginity
● Munis jumps off roof and dies
Munis Part Two
● Munis revived and wandered the streets for a month
● Read a book about sex while she was out
● Munis’s brother kills her bc she left the house for 20 days
○ Brought shame upon family for doing unhonorable thing
○ Buries body in the garden
Document Summary
Women without men had been banned in iran, and shahrnush herself lived in exile. Mahdokht who had no tolerance for conflict of any kind and simply wished for a universal harmony. The principal asked her on a date, made all teachers uncomfortable. She sees 15 year old girl with an old gross man and is disgusted. Faiza judged people based on how their faces looked. She thought munis was stupid bc her face was round. Munis is 10 years older than faiza. Munis doesn"t understand why faiza doesn"t like the woman. Argue about whether hymen is membrane or orifice. Munis"s brother amir women belong in the house . At the age of eight she had been told that god would not forgive a girl who lost her virginity in any way. She is angry and rage filled that she"s spent years not doing anything to compromise her virginity. Munis revived and wandered the streets for a month.