شمارۀ جدید فصلنامه (زمستان 1404) منتشر شد
1- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran , soal802001@gmail.com
2- PhD Student in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
3- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
2- PhD Student in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
3- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
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The emergence of the phenomenon of single women in Iranian society today is one of the social issues that can be raised and examined. In this study, the initial question is: "How do single, working and educated women in the cities of Semnan and Shahrood perceive singleness? What is the relationship between this perception and singleness?" The grounded theory method was used to answer this question. The research participants were single, working and educated women aged 25 to 45 in the cities of Semnan and Shahrood who were selected through purposive and theoretical sampling. The data collection tool is a semi-structured interview. Open, axial and selective coding began with the first interview. Based on the research findings, 10 main categories were identified, including: family characteristics, approach to education, occupational characteristics, understanding of gender, approach to marriage, understanding of sexual need and how to deal with it, type of view on sexual relationship, relationship with man, understanding and experience of love, and approach to singleness. Understanding of femininity was considered as the core category. Three paradigmatic patterns of quasi-assertive femininity, rebellious femininity, and confused femininity emerged. The difference in understanding of femininity in employed and educated single girls causes differences in their approach to marriage and understanding of singleness. In the quasi-assertive femininity paradigm, a single woman has a negative understanding of singleness and understands it as loneliness. She is willing and hopeful for marriage. In the rebellious femininity paradigm, a single woman has a positive understanding of singleness. She perceives singleness as freedom, peace, and independence and avoids marriage. In the paradigm of confused femininity, the understanding of celibacy is dual. She sees celibacy as both independence, freedom, and peace, and as loneliness. She denies marriage. None of these paradigms were dominant in the two cities of Semnan and Shahroud.
Keywords: Understanding femininity, Single, employed and educated women, Redefinition of feminine identity, Pseudo-assertive femininity, Rebellious femininity, Confused femininity.
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