Sociological Explanation of the Cultural Determinants of Women's Veiling Orientation Case study: Women aged 15- 49 in Shiraz

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• M Mokhtari ¹
• M. S Rajaee ²
• A Mirfardi ³

¹ عضو هیات علمی

² Department of social sciences in Yasouj university

³ Department of social sciences in Shiraz university

Abstract

    The purpose of this research is to identify and explain the cultural determinants of women's orientation. The population of the study is women aged between 15 and 49 years old in Shiraz in 1396. In a multi-stage cluster randomized sampling, 550 women were selected from among the neighborhoods of the 10 regions of Shiraz. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 43 items whose validity was (65%) and its reliability was (78%). For analyzing the structural relationships between cultural determinants of research, Structural Equation Modeling and Lisrel software have been used.
The results of the research show that new foreign media with a factor loading of (0.41), virtual networks with a factor loading of (0.45), the expansion of feminist values ​​with factor loading of (0.43), consumptionism with factor loading of (0.51), Hedonism with a factor loading of (0.36) and attitude toward women with a factor loading of (0.13), as cultural predictors, have a determinant role in the form and Veiling of women surveyed. The fitting indices of the structural model of the research also confirming the hypotheses, show that the developed model supports the theoretical framework and the literature of research and the predictors of the model in total with a factor loading (0.55) have a strong correlation with Veiling orientation and explain 30% of the variations in women's Veiling direction. In addition, the internal media and the fluidity of religious norms have not played a determining role in the direction of the Veiling Women.

Keywords

• "Women's Veiling Orientation"
• "New Communication Media"
• " Expansion of feminist values " "Hedonism"
• "Consumerism"

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