Change in the Semantic System of Divorce

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1 sociology, humanity and social science , Islamic Azad university science and research Branch, Tehran , Iran

2 sociology , humanity and social science , Islamic azad university science and research Branch , Tehran , Iran

3 sociology, Psychology and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad university central Tehran branch , Tehran , Iran

10.30465/ws.2021.25383.2652

Abstract

Concepts and meanings shape The most fundamental area of any phenomenon. The meaning that theorists and social activists place on divorce, the next important aspect is the structure of this phenomenon. This article studies the meaning of divorce in the context of divorced women by relying on a methodological paradigm based on a phenomenological, paradigmatic and applied methodology, in a qualitative inductive and phenomenological way, using a phenomenological and qualitative method. In-depth interviews were conducted with 64 women living in Tehran's metropolitan area who were divorced between 2005-2019, based on snowball sampling methods. The results of the research indicate that the phenomenon of divorce as a multi-semantic one includes moral-emotional, family, social, cultural and economic factors. This article argues that divorced women do not have an empty mind on the issue and the phenomenon of divorce, relying on the fluidity of the meaning of divorce, Rather, their intellectual world is full of awareness and meanings about the phenomenon of divorce.

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