This article analyzes the relationship between the female gender and political identity. It first considers the determinants of individuals' political identity, including their political opinions, attitudes, and stances, in Kurdish society, one of which is gender. Then, quantitative and analytical methods are used to examine the role of the female gender and its share in shaping the political identity of Kurdish youth in Eastern Kurdistan (hereafter Rojhelat) in Iran and measure their correlation. The results show that there is a significant relationship between official hegemonic female gender and political identity. This, in turn, affects Kurdish women's political behaviors and activities, and their role in politics is dismissed. The socio-political situation in Iran, especially the existence of socio-religious stereotypes, a religious government, and consequently the limitation in the social visualization of the agency-based anti-hegemonic female gender in social action, precludes women from developing a political consciousness and a self-assertive political identity, as well as from gaining a higher social status and becoming more politically salient. The government uses its favored religious identity to prevent the effect of unapproved social factors on the political identity of Kurdish youth.
