Document Type : Practical article

Authors

• Abdol Hosein Kalantari ¹
• Soheila Sadeghi Fasaei ²
• Sedigheh Rezaniya ³

¹ Assistant Professor, University of Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor, University of Tehran, Iran

³ M.A. in Women’s Studies, University of Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Although temporary marriage is a form of legitimate marriages in conformity with legal and religious institutions of the Iranian society, in this study it has been considered as a social tradition and customary recitation of a religious order. In this study, the perception of respondents about the conditions and motives that lead to temporary marriage has been investigated. Qualitative method and emic approach have been applied for this aim. Data is collected through depth interviews with 26 women who reside in the city of Tehran (whether they have practiced mut'a or not). Concluding points of depth interviews revealed that "social strain", "religious facilitation", "cultural strain", "a feeling of essential need", "deficiency of marital interaction", "lack of opportunity for permanent marriage", "escape from permanent marriage and its commitments”, “relative preference of temporary marriage over illegal relationship” and preparation of the stage for permanent marriage are conditions which affect the temporary marriage for women. It should be mentioned that the results of this study are largely exploratory and do not attempt to generalize in any way, due to the small sample size.

Keywords

• Temporary Marriage
• Permanent Marriage
• Qualitative Method
• Women

Main Subjects

• Sociology