Men and the problem of women's persuasion: analyzing the rotation of men's exercise of power in the experience of everyday marital life

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1 Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran

2 Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Gilan University, Rasht, Iran

10.22098/jfrs.2024.14162.1158

Abstract

Introduction: marital life is a ground for the exercise of power from domination to hegemony. The purpose of the study is to investigate the methods of persuasion of women in Guilan province, Iran.

Method: The present research was conducted with a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling among 45 married men and women in Guilan province. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the data obtained from the interviews.

Results: In data analysis, 15 basic themes, 7 organizing themes, and 2 global themes were obtained. The findings of the research show that in the past men used social, economic and psychological dominance against women in addition to physical dominance, but in the new society, with women's resistance, the said dominance has become negative and illegitimate, and women accept men's superiority not by force, but by internal desire and persuasion. Therefore, today, the exercise of men's power against women has changed from a state of dominance and asymmetry to a symmetrical but hegemonic state.

Discussion: In the past, men used more domination but less authority against women, but today, men use less domination and more authority. New men's power exercises are more persuasive, gentle.

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Journal of Family Relations Studies

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Available Online from 24 August 2024

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History

  • Receive Date: 07 December 2023
  • Revise Date: 22 August 2024
  • Accept Date: 24 August 2024

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