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  Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 

  Society can change who you are what you wear and how you are treated in your life. The book Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 
is about a young girl living her life in a war zone. She is exposed to violence ,abuse,and treated like a criminal,because of the choices she makes in society.

  It was forbidden for women not to wear the veil. If they refused to wear it they would be forced to stay in prison. People believed religiously that a young girls hair excites a man which leads to rape."Guns may shoot and knives may carve but we wont wear  your silly scarves",the women protested.Suddenly the scarf or beating happened and a group of men would violently attack the young girls protesting."For the first time in my life i had seen violence with my own eyes",said Marjane. Women shouldn't have to wear something to control a mans action. Rape has nothing to do with disrespectful amateurs who cant control their lust for young girls. 

  Womens rights was a big issue in Persepolis women were treated with no respect."they said that women like me should be pushed against a wall and fucked and then thrown in the garbage" This was directed towards Marjanes mother. "They also told me that if i didn't want that to happen i should wear my veil".Men gave woman respect if they wore their veils. "Do you know what they do to young girls when they are arrested","You know its against the law to kill a virgin","So you know what they did  to her she was forced to marry than her virginity was taken away and she was executed",Virginity was a young girls way to surviving if she looses it she is no longer worthy of respect. She should be thrown away after she has lost it like a piece of garbage. A womens virginity should only be important to herself and not to others!

In Persepolis Marjane is forced to abandon what she wears even if it means something to her she is also forced to lie about her religious practices . "I have told you a million times jewelry is forbidden",says Marjanes instructor jewelery was banned Religiously because it doesn't signify purity on a young girl. "If anyone asks you what you do during the day you say you pray i don't want anyone thinking bad about you",yells Marjanes mother. One day Marjanes friend had asked how many times do you pray and she responded with a lie. "I pray maybe about 5 times a day", he says. "I pray maybe 11 sometimes even 12 times a day", says Marjane. The only  reason Marjane had to lie about her practices is because society forces religion on us sometimes and people judge you.

 Rape and dress coding are something that i can connect to women are forced to dress a certain way so they aren't a distraction in class  and they aren't disrespected by men when they walk out of their house. Religion is something that is different for all of us and it shouldn't be forced into our lives if we don't want it too. And sometimes women wear aren't responsible for mens actions. We aren't toys virginity is something we choose to deal with because we choose our life society doesn't.