Studying the Understanding and Perception of Young People About the Feeling of Social Rejection and Celibacy

The purpose of this research is to identify and analyze the structural relationships of the contexts, consequences and how to face celibacy through the perception and subjective meaning of people who are involved in this process. In this research, some theories consistent with the topic of this research, centered on the theories of Bourdieu, Giddens, Silver and Goffman, who have a constructivist view of identity, have been used. The research method is mixed (exploratory-sequential design type). The statistical population of this research included two qualitative and quantitative parts. In the qualitative part, in-depth and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 young single people living in Ahvaz city who were selected by snowball sampling. In the quantitative part, the statistical population of this research was 345 unmarried girls and boys over 30 years old. Data collection was done by questionnaire method and random sampling method. In this study, the most important factors affecting the feeling of rejection and isolation from the perspective of the activists were identified, which are: distorted identity, poor conditions, evasion of responsibility, not knowing the necessity of marriage, objects of humiliation (shame), requirements for camouflage, seeing other people's bitter memories, institutionalized signs, lost fantasy, lack of infrastructure, fluidity of relationships, support of families and irresponsible upbringing, active activism of the subject in rethinking the body and Commodification of marriage. Finally, the results of this research showed that distorted identity is the most important factor in the feeling of social exclusion.