The Investigation of Body Management Among Women and its Effect on their Attitude toward Fertility (Case Study: Women in Reproductive Age ,Jahrom ).

Subject Areas : Quarterly Journal of Woman and Society

lyla taghvayi fard ¹ , majidreza karimi ² , Keramatollah Rasekh ³

1 - Ph.D. student of sociology of Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch
2 - 1. ‌Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Planning, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch
3 - 2. Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Planning, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch

Received: 2019-07-14 Accepted : 2020-05-29 Published : 2020-10-22

Keywords: Women, Fertility, Population, Jahrom, KEYWORDS: Body Management,

Abstract :

The study aims at investigating the body management among women and its effect on their attitude toward fertility. The method used in this study is scrolling. The statistical population is married womens aged 15_49 in fertile age in Jahrom, 400 women were selected as sample by multi_stages sampling. The research instrument is a questionnaire used to determine its validity by formal credibility, and to determine the reliability of the internal co-ordination method using Cronbach's Alpha method.The descriptive results of the research indicate that the mean score of women's attitude to fertility is high. The analytical results show that among the research structure,body management (total), body appearance management and fitness management have an impact on women's attitudes toward fertility.Among the population variables, age, number of children and type of occupation have a significant relationship with women's attitude to fertility. The explanation of the dependent variable in terms of the sum of independent variables indicates that the body appearance management and the number of children are respectively the most powerful predictor of women's attitude to fertility, and they are able to explain the 0/230 of variations changes in the attitude toward fertility. The findings are compared with similar results, and finally, suggestions are presented.

References:

- نگاه زنان به مدیریت بدن خود پدیدهای جدا از دیگر تحولات در حال وقوع در جامعه نیست و پدیدهای اجتماعی است، بنابراین نمی توان دیدگاه زنان در بارة بدن خود را با فشار و تهدید تغییر داد.

- باید با نگاه جنستی به زن در جامعه مبارزه کرد.

- باید زنان احساس کنند که حقوق آنان به دلیل زن بودن پایمال نمی‌شود، تا آنها نیز مجبور نباشند از امکانات خود، از جمله خصوصیات ظاهر و بدنی، به عنوان زن استفاده کنند.

- باید زمینه پذیرش اجتماعی زنان بدون توجه به ظاهر آنان فراهم شود.

- با توجه به یافته های تحقیق و ارتباط معنادار مدیریت بدن با نگرش به باروری زنان، پیشنهاد می‌شود این مقوله مهم اجتماعی هر چه بیشتر مورد توجه متولیان فرهنگ جامعه قرار گیرد.

- بخش قابل توجهی از تغییرات نگرش به باروری، ناشی از سایر متغیرهاست که در این پژوهش مورد نظر قرار نگر فته اند. بر این اساس، پیشنهاد می شود در راستای تبیین دقیق تر نگرش زنان به باروری و عوامل مؤثر بر آن، اولاً تحقیقات در این حوزه تداوم یابد و ثانیاً، از چارچوب های نظری دیگری استفاده گردد.

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