A qualitative study of the roots and consequences of women's sense of security in the city of Kerman

Today, with the entry of women into various social, economic and even political spheres, their sense of security has become especially important for governments. The purpose of this study is to understand the meaning and interpretation of women (students) of the roots and consequences of the feeling of security in the city of Kerman.

The present study is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of method, qualitative and based on the foundation data approach. The participants of the study are 30 female students of Kerman Azad University who have been selected according to theoretical saturation and using the purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews have been used as data collection tools. To achieve the reliability criterion, three methods have been used: control or validation by members, analytical comparisons and the use of audit techniques.

According to the findings, economic insecurity, the subculture of insult and vulgarity, gender-discriminatory notions, institutionalization of profanity culture as causal factors, intergenerational conflicts, environmental-spatial insecurity, police performance as underlying factors, peace in the family, judicial and legal security as interfering factors and changing discriminatory judicial attitudes toward women, culture-building of clothing patterns as strategies, and socio-psychological disintegration and frustration have been identified as consequences.

Women's sense of security is formed under the influence of various social factors, but these factors are formed in interaction with culturally discriminatory perceptions and the performance of institutions and organizations that protect women's security.