On A Sociological Explanation of the Impact of Patriarchy on Women's Perceived Relative Deprivation and Alienation (Self and Marital Life) in Esfahan

This study aims at using a deductive reasoning to extract several hypotheses from patriarchy, subordination, alienation and perceived relative deprivation theories to establish an empirical association between patriarchy as an independent variable and perceived relative deprivation and alienation of women as a dependent variable. Specifically, the study attempts to answer the question: Does patriarchy contributes to perceived relative deprivation of women and their alienation from themselves. Theoretically, patriarchy is assumed as the prime obstacle to women’s advancement and development. Based on these explanations, we have developed measurements for their study. A survey research was performed on data obtained from a total 384 women through a cluster sampling. The sample was recruited from 545921.married women resided in the city of Esfahan. Questionnaire and structured interview schedule were used as the principal techniques of data collection. The analyses are computed using SPSS version 20/0 Software. The multiple regression, Kendall, Spearman and Pearson Tests are utilized to establish causal and associational relations between and among proposed variables. The empirical results regarding hypotheses testing show that: -There is a direct and significant relationship between patriarchy and perceived relative deprivation.-There is a direct and significant relationship between patriarchy and alienation of women from themselves.-There is a direct and significant relationship between patriarchy and alienation of women from their marital life.-There is a direct and significant relationship between perceived relative deprivation of women and their alienation from themselves.-There is a direct and significant relationship between women’s perceived relative deprivation and their alienation from marital life. Based on the multiple regression analysis, 58 percent of variance of women’s self-alienation is explained by two variables of patriarchy and perceived relative deprivation. Accordingly, patriarchy and perceived relative deprivation explain 63 percent of the variance of women’s alienation from their marital life.