totalitarian oppression A03

Iranian revolution

In 1979, rights and roles of women shifted: strict laws on dress code, gender segregation, subjugation of women to patriarchal religious authority e.g only men can divorce, birth control and abortion banned.

Puritanical American Societies (THT)

> enforces strict gender roles, moral behaviour abiding by the religion and strict punishment and consequence e.g the salem witch trials

20th century totalitarian regimes

nazi germany, fascist italy and soviet union controlled every aspect of freedom and enforced this through fear, surveillance and control of rights. abortion outlawed, pregnancy and the idea women encourage e.g mothers cross and discouraged from work.

Taliban in Afghanistan

strict interpretation of Islamic law, school banned for women after a certain aged- forced burqa, male chaperone needed.

US 2025

abortion is banned in more and more states (roe vs wade 2023)

He is making it an offence for Federal employees to support policies of diversity, inclusion and equality.

He is suggesting that those state employees who refuse to round up undocumented migrants for deportation will be similarly criminalised