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  • Essay / Gender inequality throughout Persepolis By Marjane...

    “They insulted me. They said women like me should be pushed against a wall and fucked. And then thrown in the trash. (Satrapi, p.74) said the mother. In this panel the image shows how devastated the mother is, the father holds her by the arms while tears stream down his face. Without saying these words, however difficult to hear, the panels would not show the reader how badly women were spoken to, and ultimately it was all due to the appearance of the mother, who did not wear a veil , and dressed normally. This panel here gives you an insight into the inequality between the sexes at the time, women were treated as if they were forced to follow men's rules, and men were not punished for saying such things to