العنف ضد الزوجة في المجتمع العماني من واقع تجارب بعض الزوجات اللاتي تعرضن للعنف

Abstract

The research aimed to show the reality of violence against wives in Omani society through reviewing Omani wives experiences who were subjected to violence by their husbands. The researcher chose five Omani married women, their ages ranged between 32 and 44 years, who were newly married, and who had been married for many years, in order to learn about their experiences and sufferings on the issue of violence directed against them by their husbands, from the Governorate of South Al Batinah, Sultanate of Oman. In his study, the researcher relied on the method concerned with the study of phenomena, which is called the phenomenological method, he also used the interview as a method of data collection, and the results were analyzed using qualitative data analysis. The results showed that the married woman participating in the study was exposed to violence in its various forms (physical, psychological, verbal, social), and social factors, social upbringing, the wife's provocative behavior and intense jealousy had the greatest role in the occurrence of violence. The results also showed that the psychological, social and health effects of violence are considered the most influential on married women and their children. The results also showed that the most important obstacles that prevent the disclosure of violence and dependency, then shame and people's talk, and the reputation and bad society's view of the battered woman. The results also showed that the marital relationship of married women participating in the study was characterized by anxiety, fear and instability, and tended to get worse with time. All participating women also agreed on the need to inform the concerned authorities if they were exposed to violence. The results also showed that the husband's family had an important role in reducing violence against married women. The participants unanimously agreed on the need for support provided to reduce violence problems, such as the development of laws, educational and counseling courses for those who were about to marry, the need for judicial secrecy, and the need for effective preventive factors to avoid the problem of violence directed against wives in the Sultanate of Oman.