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      The Shadow of Silence on the Sexual Rights of Married Iranian Women

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          There has been a recent shift in the field of sexual health, representing a move away from biomedical concerns to sexual rights frameworks. However, few studies on sexuality are based on a rights framework. The unspoken nature of sexuality in Iranian culture has led to a lack of national studies on the topic. The objective of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of married Iranian women on sexual rights in their sexual relationships. In this grounded theory study, 37 participants (25 married women, 5 husbands, and 7 midwives) were selected. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed through open, axial, and selective coding using MAXQDA software version 2007. The analysis revealed the core category of “sexual interaction in the shadow of silence.” The interrelated categories subsumed under the core category included adopting a strategy of silence, trying to negotiate sex, seeking help, and sexual adjustment. The silence originating from women's interactions with their families and society, from girlhood to womanhood, was identified as the core concept in Iranian women's experiences of sexual rights. A focus on husbands' roles seems salient because they can direct or alter some learned feminine roles, especially silence regarding sexual matters, which then affects the realization of women's sexual rights.

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                Journal
                Biomed Res Int
                Biomed Res Int
                BMRI
                BioMed Research International
                Hindawi Publishing Corporation
                2314-6133
                2314-6141
                2015
                1 February 2015
                : 2015
                : 520827
                Affiliations
                1Student Research Committee, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ebne-Sina Street, Mashhad 9137913199, Iran
                2Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7194634786, Iran
                3Research Center for Patient Safety, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ebne-Sina Street, Mashhad 9137913199, Iran
                4Health Sciences Research Center, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Daneshgah Avenue, Mashhad 9137673119, Iran
                5Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1516745811, Iran
                6Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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                *Robab Latifnejad Roudsari: latifnejadr@ 123456mums.ac.ir and

                Academic Editor: Iryna Zablotska-Manos

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                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-8401
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1438-8822
                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7594-0097
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9067-0889
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                10.1155/2015/520827
                4331327
                25705669
                9c94f44a-9746-43ea-b598-f64fab9f2bc7
                Copyright © 2015 Roksana Janghorban et al.

                This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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                : 19 August 2014
                : 30 October 2014
                : 1 December 2014
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