Sociology
Zeinab Malekipour; Soheila Sadeghi Fasaei; Asemeh Ghasemi
Abstract
Analyzing the evolution of the family institution and understanding how to build emotional relationships in married life has been one of the main concerns of modern social theory. Accordingly, the present article, using a qualitative study and adopting a phenomenological approach and using thematic analysis, ...
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Analyzing the evolution of the family institution and understanding how to build emotional relationships in married life has been one of the main concerns of modern social theory. Accordingly, the present article, using a qualitative study and adopting a phenomenological approach and using thematic analysis, seeks to answer the question of how couples experience fidelity and what semantic classifications the concept of fidelity has in the contemporary life of Tehrani citizens. The data collection tool was in-depth and semi-structured interview. The sample size included 31 interviews with women and men who were married for more than one year. The sampling method was based on the purposive sampling strategy and each interview lasted between 50 to 90 minutes. The findings of the research show that there are 3 distinct views on fidelity in married life: The first view of which is that fidelity is long-term and inviolable. Another view considers fidelity as fluid and changeable. And finally, a view that considers fidelity as a restorative and renewing issue that is read and invented within married life.
soheyla sadeghi
Abstract
Large part of Iranian women are housewives and they play an important role in maintaining the family and upbringing the children,So it is important to realize about quality of their lives and their perception towards housework.By applying qualitative approach and concentrating on data which is collected ...
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Large part of Iranian women are housewives and they play an important role in maintaining the family and upbringing the children,So it is important to realize about quality of their lives and their perception towards housework.By applying qualitative approach and concentrating on data which is collected by semi deep structured interview from26 housewives aged 23 to 58in Tehran, present research tries to understand the perception of women about housework based on their narratives and their lived experiences. Concluding points of depth interviews reveal that how housework is embedded in culture and social context and it is only explainable by its social background.The way women consider the housework will allow for more theoretical conceptualization. The result of present research shows that women’s satisfaction of doing housework is linked to their satisfaction of marital life and their relationship in marriage. It is also possible to conclude that older women considering housework as a part of their femininity and their natural duties. And those women who are more influenced by ideology of motherhood are less critical of doing housework.In the contrary,younger women become conscious of how housework is related to gender roles and gender inequality. Younger women do believe that unpaid housework should be considered as real work even though it is not structured or organized.
