Iranian women’s abandonment and subsequent return to the veil and more traditional female roles illustrates that _____
a. the status of women in societies is not static
b. political change seldom changes women’s roles
c. men are universally dominant
d. purdah has no place in the modern world
e. world politics has an enormous effect on what women choose to do
ANSWER:
a
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