Social Constrains Facing the Female-Headed Single Parent Families Based on Social Constructivist Feminism
Mohammed Awad Alasmrai
Abstract
This qualitative study aims to identify the social constrains faced by female single parents from the point of view of social constructivist feminism, as well as the strategies through which they were able to adapt to these constrains. The original study sample is consisted of 14 female-headed single parents (divorced, widows and abandoned wife) in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. By adopting social constructivist feminist theory, the study have several findings the most important of which are as follows: There are two types of social constrains that surround these parents, namely, gender status beliefs and the patriarchal system, as well as adopting common methods enabling them to adapt to these constrains. Based on these results, the researcher recommended some recommendations at the end of the study.