Women's Perception of Modesty, Phenomenological Investigation

Karami, Mohammadtaghi; Aliabadi, Shima

doi:10.22054/qjss.2023.67836.2530

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ Associate Professor of Women Studies, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

² PhD Candidate of Women and Family Studies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjss.2023.67836.2530

Abstract

Modesty has always been considered a cultural value in Iranian society although it is widely used, it has long been an important part of the ideal femininity of Iranian society. In addition to culture, modesty is emphasized in formal religious discourse and it is closely related to hijab and some female behaviors. Such an approach has led to the mentality that modesty has disappeared from society by reducing the desire of women to the desired formal patterns of hijab in recent years. But today, modesty is an important and living trait and we may talk about changing the meaning of modesty. In this study, following the discovery of the meaning of modesty in Iranian women and their perception of this category, by adopting a phenomenological approach and using the method of thematic analysis, in-depth semi-structured interviews with 20 women aged 18-35 years to provide a formulation of meanings. The three main categories of "Liberation policy - politics of life", "Restrained and empathetic rethinking" and "Embodied formal construction" were extracted and it is indicative of the three categories of Iranian women 's encounter with the category of modesty, which has been able to shape the mental apace of wemen in relation to this concept.

Keywords

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‌ ‌استناد به این مقاله: کرمی، محمدتقی.، علی‌آبادی، شیما. (1400). درک و تصور زنان از مقوله حیا؛ بررسی پدیدارشناختی، فصلنامه علوم اجتماعی، 28(95)، 71-106.

DOI: 10.22054/qjss.2023.67836.2530

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Volume 28, Issue 95
January 2023
Pages 71-106

Women's Perception of Modesty, Phenomenological Investigation

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Volume 28, Issue 95January 2023Pages 71-106

Volume 28, Issue 95
January 2023
Pages 71-106