This study is for understanding and interpreting wives` experiences of equality in marital relationship. Two full time house wives were interviewed. All the dialog was transcribed. Four themes were derived from the text as following. 1. Needs for sta...
This study is for understanding and interpreting wives` experiences of equality in marital relationship. Two full time house wives were interviewed. All the dialog was transcribed. Four themes were derived from the text as following. 1. Needs for stability and customary life 2. The absurdity of role partition 3. Consideration VS. adaptation 4. The myth of daily happiness` and `the emptiness` First, It was found that participants married for stable life and that was consequence of custom. Second, they recognized the situation that their husbands earn money and they do household affair as role partition. But they didn`t satisfied with that. Third, Sometimes they felt dissatisfaction that their husbands didn`t do household affair and care babies. But they said that they understood and considered their husbands. However it is interpreted adaptation rather than consideration. Finally, they said that they were very happy in their family life. But there were differences between family life happiness and their own happiness.