Abstract:
The aim of this research is to categorize relationships with the opposite sex among young girls. This study was conducted using a qualitative method, with a grounded theory approach and employing semi-structured and interactive interview techniques. The population studied in this research consisted of young girls aged 19-30 years residing in the city of Kermanshah. Using purposeful and theoretical sampling methods, interviews were conducted with 48 girls who were involved in these types of relationships. The findings of this research showed that in the studied population, there are six types of relationships with the opposite sex among girls, including pure relationships, expedient relationships, homopraxic relationships, marriage-oriented relationships, instrumental relationships, and fluid relationships. Based on the findings, all types of communication (except for the pure relationship) are influenced by postmodern discourse and have characteristics such as fluidity, fragility, transience, lack of commitment, and pluralism in friendship. The pure relationship, also influenced by modern discourse, has characteristics such as commitment and emotional attachment, love, sexual relationship, and a non-instrumental attitude towards the relationship.
Machine summary:
The findings of this research showed that in the studied population, there are six types of relationships with the opposite gender among girls, including pure relationships, instrumental relationships, co-clinical relationships, marriage-oriented relationships, tool-based relationships, and fluid relationships.
For example, Giddens1 believes in this regard that the nature of friendship, which was relevant in pre-modern environments in connection with local communities and kinship, and institutionalized friendships, such as blood brotherhoods or comradeships, were considered the basic forms of companionship; today (with the expansion of abstract systems and including commodity markets), its essence has changed and has led to the diminishing of personal life, the analysis of personal relationships and the transformation of its nature, and generally the change in the form of life interactions in the twentieth century [29, pp.
Bauman2 is also one of the theorists who agrees with Giddens's view that in the modern era, individuals are strongly in need of “creating relationships” with each other but at the same time fearful of “being connected” and especially “being permanently connected,” which means that in our “individualizing” world, relationships are seen as both good and bad [6, pp.
Based on the results of other research, factors related to establishing a relationship with the opposite sex include peer group pressure [9; 33; 37; 40; 43; 49]; age [40; 42; 44; 60]; personal needs [60]; ethnicity [71; 46]; forced marriage [23]; satellite and internet [9; 35; 37; 52; 73]; religiosity [9; 33; 37] and cultural factors [34].
“Investigating the Relationship between Social and Cultural Factors and Students' Attitudes towards Dating and Friendship between Boys and Girls Before Marriage,” Journal of Social and Humanities Sciences of Shiraz University, Vol. 24, Special Issue of Population and Development, No. 2, (Continuous No. 47), pp.
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