Marital rights: Lived experiences of Iranian women with retired spouses in a qualitative study

According to the dissatisfied participants, the best strategy for resolving these problems was to "sweep them under the rug,", i.e., to rehire the men and protest the lack of support for the retirees by the state organization. In contrast, satisfied participants played an important role in solving the problems and actively dealt with their spouse's retirement rather than taking a passive and protesting role to realize their marital rights.