Women's sexuality from temporary marriage: a phenomenological study

Introduction: One of the main motivations for women to enter temporary marriage is to satiate their sexual needs, which can have a variety of effects on the physical and mental health of this group of women for a variety of reasons, including low sexual assertiveness, gender stereotypes, and women's silence about issues arising from temporary marriage.Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the sexual lives of women in Isfahan city who have experienced temporary marriages.Method: This research is a qualitative, descriptive phenomenological study.Twelve women who had experienced temporary marriage in Isfahan were chosen for the study using a snowball sampling technique until data saturation was reached.Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection, and the Claysey analysis method was used for data analysis Findings: In the process of analyzing and extracting the concepts from the interviews, a comprehensive list of open codes focused on the research topic was generated.From the resulting open codes, 23 categories and three primary themes emerged, which included: women's emotional harm with six categories, women's sexual objectification with eight categories, and women's psychological sexual satisfaction with nine categories.Discussion: The sexual experiences of women in temporary marriages differ in that some are involved in hurt feelings and sexual objectification, in contrast others have experienced psychological sexual satisfaction.These differences can be attributed to women's sexual assertiveness, mutual sexual responsibility, mutual interest, gender stereotypes, and schemas, skill in managing sexual relations, and ability to have an honest conversation regarding sexual desires.It is vital to consider actions in the context of education and counseling in order to increase women's abilities in managing sexual relationships, eradicate gender stereotypes from cultural elements of society, and modify gender schemas in both men and women.