Analyzing the Consequences of Domestic Violence against Women with an Emphasis on Social Outcomes (Case of Study: Abused Women in Semnan City)

Subject Areas : Iranian Sociological Review

Elahe Arab ¹ , Mohammadreza Naeimi ^{2 *} , Rahmatollah Amirahmadi ³ , Alireza Ghorbani ⁴

1 - Ph.D. Student in Sociology of Iranian Social Issues, AZ.C., Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
2 - Department of Sociology, AZ.C., Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
3 - Department of Sociology, AZ.C., Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
4 - Faculty of Humanities, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2025-04-18 Accepted : 2025-06-17 Published : 2025-06-20

Keywords: Analysis, Consequences, Domestic Violence, Women, Semnan.,

Abstract :

Domestic violence against women is one of the most significant social problems, resulting in numerous damaging individual, familial, and social consequences. The present research aims to analyze the consequences of domestic violence against abused women, with an emphasis on the social dimensions. The research approach is qualitative, and the methodology employed is phenomenology. The statistical population included all abused women in Semnan City in the year 2024-2025. The lived experiences of 27 of these women were studied using a purposive sampling method and a semi-structured interview tool. Data analysis was performed using thematic analysis. Findings revealed that domestic violence against women had damaging physical consequences (such as physical injuries, nervous problems, pregnancy complications, and risk of miscarriage), sexual consequences (such as sexual dissatisfaction and sexual violence, infidelity), psychological consequences (such as depression and anxiety, suicide), economic consequences (deprivation, economic insecurity, imposing medical expenses), and social consequences (including divorce, gender discrimination, and threats to social health) for the interviewed women. The conclusion is that domestic violence against women is a multi-dimensional phenomenon whose consequences are interconnected like a constellation in a chain, reinforcing each other. Therefore, the control, reduction, and prevention of domestic violence require comprehensive policymaking, planning, and strong implementation, which necessitates the serious commitment of specialists, planners, managers of institutions and organizations, and civil society.

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