This study illuminates the 2,500-year social history of sexual relations in Iran. Marriage, temporary marriage, prostitution, and homosexuality are all discussed, as well as the often unintended result of these relations--sexually transmitted diseases. A Social History of Sexual Relations in Iran uses travelers accounts, Iranian and international archival sources, as well as government data, to bring together, in detail, and within the context of Iranian culture and religion, the nature, variety, and problems of sexual relations in Iran over the ages. Finally, Willem Floor summarizes the issues that Iranian society faces today--which are not dissimilar to that of many other industrial nations--the challenge to the male claim to dominance over women; change in the age of marriage; premarital sex; rising divorce rates; rising promiscuity; prostitution; sexually transmitted diseases; homosexuality; and street children.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
Marriage In Iran: A Family Affair Imperial Iran Achaemenid Period (559 330 BCE) Parthian (227 BCE 224 CE) And Sasanian Periods (226 651) Islamic Period (651 To Date) Premarital Sex Islamic Rules Concerning Marriage Contract Equality Marriage Restrictions (Family, Other Relationships, And Religion) Socio-Economic Selection Criteria Preference For Consanguineous Marriage Virgins Only Age Widows May Also Apply Beauty How To Select A Partner Polygyny Royal Prerogatives In Selecting Women Bedroom Do's And Don'ts Erotic Stimulants Marital Bliss Adultery Divorce
Chapter Two
Temporary Marriage A Formal Affair Islamic Iran What Is Temporary Marriage? Safavid Afsharid Zand Period (1501 1794) Qajar Period (1794-1925) Temporary Marriage And Christians And Jews (1520s 1900) Pahlavi Period (1925 1979) Islamic Republic Of Iran (1979 To Date)
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