ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by contrasting Boulding's two main variables —the traditional religious and cultural expectations found in the migrant places of origin and the challenges presented by the industrializing infrastructure encountered in Tehran. It suggests that more descriptive data are needed and argues that additional variables. The chapter describes two intervening variables that are important in societies where sexual divisions are institutionalized: the role of men and the role of traditional social networks. The fact that female behavior is inextricably bound to male pride and family honor in traditional religio-cultural codes signifies that mechanisms for protecting female purity underlie basic social relationships. The primacy of Tehran in providing an urban support system is indicated by the number of educational institutions, health facilities, media sources, and bureaucratic establishments that offer the possibility of employment. Most migrant women's urban participation can be classified into three geosocial spaces: the household, the neighborhood, and the wider community of kin and nonkin.
