. Khadige Abadian; . Zohreh Keshavarz; . Hourieh Shamshiri Milani; . Mostafa Hamdieh; . Maliheh Nasiri
Volume 11, Issue 3 , March 2021, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Considering that the quality of personal life and the quality of sexual life of workingwomen interact with each other and considering that job as one of the dimensions that ...
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BACKGROUND: Considering that the quality of personal life and the quality of sexual life of workingwomen interact with each other and considering that job as one of the dimensions that can playa direct role in the quality of life and also due to increasing women’s participation in professionalactivities in today’s society, this study was designed and conducted to explain the experiences ofworking women considering sexual health challenges.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This research was a qualitative study that the information of whichwas obtained through face‑to‑face interviews with semi‑structured and open‑ended questionnaires.Interviews were conducted with 32 working women working in public and private offices in Tehran,Iran, to explore their experiences of the role of jobs in sexual challenges. The sampling methodwas purposive. Data analysis was performed using a qualitative content analysis method with aconventional approach by MAXQDA software version 10, and to establish the reliability and validityof findings, Graneheim and Lundman criteria were considered.RESULTS: Data analysis from 32 interviews resulted in the formation of 223 primary inferentialcodes and 1 main category and 4 subcategories. The results of data analysis were presented inone main category, including sexual health challenges among working women. This main categoryconsisted of four subcategories such as sexual problems due to employment, job harassment, theessential needs for sexual relationship, need for the better job management, and married sex life.CONCLUSIONS: Explaining the experiences of working women showed that sexual problems dueto employment and job harassment are among the factors that cause sexual health challenges inworking women. It also seems that meeting the essential needs for sexual relationship and the bettermanagement of job and married sex life can interact with the sex lives of working women.
