혼외관계를 경험한 기혼여성의 성에 대한 인식과 행동 = Sexual Perceptions and Behaviors of Married Women Who Have Experienced the Extramarital Relationship

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A major purpose of this study was to explore the sexual experiences among married women who involved in extramarital relationships. This research depended on in-depth interview techniques. The data from 16 married women who involved (and are involving) in extramarital relationship were collected by semi-structured interviews. In this article, I analyzed married women`s sexual experiences with relevance to premarital, marital, and extramarital relationships. These women tended to be conservative in their premarital sexuality, although they indicated relatively radical sexual perceptions about it now. In addition, their marital sexuality seemed to internalize sexual double standards. That is, their sexuality in marital relations was likely to be passive and obligatory, focusing on the sexual desire of their husbands. However, most of them referred to positive aspects of extramarital sexuality. This is partly due to the oppressive marriage system in Korean society.