Semantic Representation of Mutual-Consent Divorce

This article discussed mutual-consent divorce in the context of thoughts and attitude of female applicants of this type of divorce with an inductive qualitative and ethnographic method. Based on the qualitative purposive sampling¡ 30 women of those who had referred for divorce to family court of Karaj¡ were selected and deeply interviewed. The results obtained in six major categories as follows: Rethinking the role of men as families’ breadwinners¡ inappropriate sexual relationships¡ emotional conflicts¡ cultural- social dissensions¡ normative pressures of family and relatives¡ and personality and behavioral disorders. The core-oriented category of this study is «Women''s attitude towards mutual-consent divorce» that includes other major categories and can semantically alter and redirect women’s opinion about mutual-consent divorce. According to the results¡ the term of mutual-consent is thought-provoking in this type of divorce; because considering the situations which were leaded to mutual-consent divorce and quantifying them revealed that nearly 32% of mutual-consent divorces were not mutual in fact; since¡ these women accepted divorce with desperation¡ coercion and threat.