study of young peoples lived experiences of the single lives: A Phenomenological Study

Subject Areas : Culture

marziyeh shahryari ¹ , NAJMEH MOTIEETABAR ²

1 - Assistant Professor of sociology, Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
2 - MA of sociology, Shahid Chamran university of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran (m.baghri @scu.ac.ir)

Received: 2022-09-08 Accepted : 2023-05-12 Published : 2022-11-22

Keywords: Lived experience, Phenomenological, sexual boldness, possibility-desirability gap, living the single world,

Abstract :

The purpose of the current research is to analyze the lived experience of young people and the meanings arising from their mental world of single life. In accordance with the phenomenological method and research context, in-depth interviews were used. The statistical population in this research is the single youth over 30 years old in Ahvaz city. The research continued with the purposeful sampling method and using the semi-structured interview tool until reaching theoretical saturation. The results of the research show that neglecting values in selection skills, desire for freedom, fear of being hurt in a new way, having different priorities, habit of daily life, rethinking sexual interactions and sexual daring. In particular, men feel the loneliness, abandonment and isolation that is the result of moving against the accepted path of the society inside themselves, and do not consider themselves to belong to the social and cultural assets of their society - and without Paying attention to the values, they make a decision to determine their duty, while women seek to perceive a new way of being seen in the virtual space and sexual interactions in order to avoid being harmed.