Sociology
Mohammad Javad Zahedi; Parvaneh Danesh; Firouz Rad; Reza Mojarab Qushchi
Abstract
Existing evidence shows that poor women who live in urban areas face different kinds of social exclusion. The present study investigates the roots of social exclusion in small scale and everyday life of these people aiming to clarify some dimensions of this problem. Qualitative method has been used in ...
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Existing evidence shows that poor women who live in urban areas face different kinds of social exclusion. The present study investigates the roots of social exclusion in small scale and everyday life of these people aiming to clarify some dimensions of this problem. Qualitative method has been used in this study, and research data were collected through interviewing 32 poor women supported by Relief Committee of Imam Khomeini in Urmia. The results obtained from this study were analyzed by grounded theory approach. The obtained results showed that five factors including poor cultural capital, financial limitations, negative approach to the poor, being single and negative life events give rise to social exclusion in these women’s life. Avoiding social unification and negative attitudes are two major consequences of this issue which strengthen this phenomenon. The final and central aspect which encompasses the entire process of social exclusion has been presented as norm-bonded failure. In terms of ways by which social exclusion happens, there are delicate forms of disgrace and deprivation in poor women's life which are not identifiable through quantitative or economical approaches.
Sociology
Firouz Rad; Gita Bilan
Abstract
Iran’s culture is changing, and by these changes preference of fit body usually thin body is growing up among women. Paying too much attention to fitness is the result of a consumer society, and to reach fitness and to have acceptable body size, women try different ways such as body building, aerobic, ...
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Iran’s culture is changing, and by these changes preference of fit body usually thin body is growing up among women. Paying too much attention to fitness is the result of a consumer society, and to reach fitness and to have acceptable body size, women try different ways such as body building, aerobic, etc. So the current study aims to explore the social factors related with women’s tendency towards fitness trends ideals in Tabriz. Theoretical frame is made using theories of Giddens, Guffman, Bourdieu, and Feminism. Population consists of women who go to the gym for fitness in Tabriz. Using survey and multi- stage cluster sampling, fifty-five gyms were chosen and 385 women in these gyms were selected using accidental sampling. The required information was collected by questioner prepared by researcher and data analysis was done by SPSS software. Findings show that the average rate of tendency towards fitness trend ideals among women under study is 111/12. According to the two variable and multi–variable analyses, the variables of age, marital status, feministic attitude, cultural capital, and usage of media have meaningful statistical relation with tendency towards fitness trend ideals. Also, results of multi-liner regression show that the variables of age, marital status, cultural capital, and media usage by having effect on the variables of feministic attitude have relation with the rate of tendency towards fitness trend ideals in Tabriz. According to the results of multi- variable regression, these variables are able to predict 37 percent of changes in the rate of women’s tendency towards fitness trend ideals.
