Identifying gender role and financial conflicts of working women involved in marital conflicts: a phenomenological study

The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying gender role conflict and financial conflict of working women involved in marital conflict. This research was conducted with a qualitative approach and descriptive phenomenological method. In this study, the researchers selected 10 working women involved in marital conflict in the summer of 1401 in Tehran using targeted sampling And with the questions compiled from the review of research literature and the opinion of professors of psychology and family counseling and an expert in the subject area (couple therapist), they were subjected to a semi-structured interview. In this way, the data were collected. The data analysis was done with the seven-step Claizian method and the results led to the identification of 2 main themes under the headings of financial conflict with sub-themes (financial border, financial abuse, Irrational financial thoughts, Financial non-compliance and Individualism in financial decisions) and role conflict with Sub-themes (Ignoring the independence of women, Misogyny in financial and social decisions, Misogyny in the division of duties, Prohibition of women's ownership). The results showed that women's financial inefficient behaviors in marital relationship lead to marital conflicts and also according to the lived experiences of the participants, men's traditional gender attitude in dealing with various issues of joint life and their unequal views towards their wives is an important factor in these financial measures. It is the inefficiency of women that is the cause of marital conflicts.