شمارۀ جدید فصلنامه (تابستان 1404) منتشر شد
1- PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran ,ashekarbeugister@gmail.com
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
2- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran ,
3- Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
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One of the types of violence against women is genital mutilation, such as circumcision, which causes physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women and is caused by cultural and social issues and has received less attention. The aim of the present study is to examine the “lived experience of the socio-cultural contexts of female genital mutilation centered on “circumcision” in Hormozgan Province”. Data were collected using a social interpretive approach and a qualitative method using in-depth interview techniques. Based on the purposeful snowball sampling method and the theoretical saturation criterion, fifteen people participated in this study and their lived experience in relation to the lived experience of female genital mutilation centered on “circumcision” was studied and analyzed. The analysis of information and the presentation of the final theory are based on the grounded theory method. According to the findings, the central category that indicates the impact of religious and family institutions in the continuation and “reproduction of the traditional pattern” has been. The causal conditions for the formation of the central phenomenon as perceived by the participants include: deception, inexperience, passivity, fear, disturbing feelings or perceptions. The conditions of various intervening factors include: traditionalism, obligation of religious norms, gender stereotypes, repressive stereotypes and cultural alienation. In order to oppose the phenomenon and interrupt it, the activists also use strategies such as: escape strategies (escape, delay) and gender empowerment. The consequences of using the strategies of the participants are: withdrawal; feminine deficiency, physical, mental and emotional damage, dissatisfaction and social confrontation.
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