Honorable Mention TOKYO-2016 Editorial / Conflict

The Camouflage

  • Photographer
    ZOHREH SABERI

Iranian society emphasizes on necessity of marriage and forming family. Religious messages about marriage time, producing TV films with title of marriage, prosperity and traditional culture of society are effective factors to encourage marriage of youths. Most of times, girls are getting married with low ages without any satisfaction. It should be remembered that although the marriage is emphasized but there is no proper structures to education before marriage, interaction to each other’s, proper familiarity before marriage. At the other hand development of un-employment, addiction, discrepancies, low revenues, hugest costs and inflation are effective factors on dissatisfaction of life specialty to women of middle class. In most of families divorce is not acceptable. Also society shows disagreement to this issue. Therefore a material and intellectual costs of divorce is very huge to women. Traditional culture, mentalities and false interpretation of people created obstacles to who act to divorce to have common life. By this, isolation, mental problems, lying, prostitution, decrease of life satisfaction, children tutorship and loneliness would be resulted. Divorced women are under pressure of life solely. They could not be employed with high position and most of time, their occupational position would be lost. By this they are engaged to illegitimate relations or informal marriage. Now, from 4 marriages, one case would be ended with divorce and there is no proper approach to prevent of this problem. Also there is to establishment to protect divorced women. 1. Fahimeh, 36 years old, She look-out from the window. She married in 16 years old without any knowledge. She did not continue her education. Her husband has been disloyal to she. He is alcoholism. He despises her. She had 5 years old child and decided to divorce. But she could not protect her child. She attempted during 8 years to change court vote. She hoped to live with her daughter. Because of this condition, the child is isolated. But she attempt to create common conditions. 2. Nazanin, 29 years old, is lying on furniture. She married in 18 years old. Her husband was addict and beat her. Although her father was aware about this condition but he don't agree to divorce as non-acceptable sin. Due to family religious beliefs, she married second times but he was disloyal. He had very bad behavior. Having 2 years old child, she divorced. She is nervous and frustrated. She has no hope to future and is fatigued. 3. Mahnaz thinks about pass time. Passing 7 years, she could not see her son. She is alone. 4. Zahra, 38 years old, She is threnodies in ceremonies. She talks about religion. She got married at 14 years old with under family pressure. But she could not have proper relation and separated from her husband. She get married second time. Her husband because of Addiction and long term un-employment are courses of second divorce and she had 2 children. A financial problem is cause of her tiredness. She hopes to sale house to live with her children she attempted to create better future to her children. 5. Nazanin talks with tel. she is smoking in park. She wants to take vengeance from males. This is funny to she. She is satisfied doing this. 6. Yalda, 42 years old. After work, she sits in coffee shop solely. She loved her husband but she was forced to divorce because, her husband decided to get married to another woman. She experienced very bad years. She is alone. She likes happiness but others viewpoint is not bearable. 7. Fahimeh is studying. She has no confidence to others. She fears to be present in society. She prefers to be alone. 8. Maryam, 40 years old, She get married at 14 years old. There was no conformity between them. He is not responsible against family. He has not fixed Work. Maryam worked in confectionary to supply 4 children. She is divorced and un-employ she searches new work. She is worry about her little daughter. She hopes to have high revenue to live with her children. Now she lives with her mother in rental house.