Open AccessEstranged Wife, Other Man’s Beloved
Author(s) -
Jemimah Gaite Pizarro,
Rowena Gaspay-Fernandez
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244014565823
Subject(s) - wife , commit , neglect , double standard , psychology , morality , social psychology , forgiveness , human sexuality , quality (philosophy) , sociology , gender studies , political science , law , database , psychiatry , computer science , philosophy , epistemology
Amid societal constraints, difficult repercussions, anddouble-standard morality on sexuality that favors the male members of their society,eight Filipino women engaged in extramarital affairs. To answer the question “Why didthey commit and endure the affair?” a phenomenological life-world approach exploredtheir perspectives regarding the triggering and perpetuating factors of theirextramarital relationships (EMR). The analysis revealed their standpoints thatnegatively perceived marital relationship quality, paternal neglect of children,increasing opportunities for EMR, that is, workplace and mobile technology, andpositively perceived extramarital–alternative familial relationship quality emerged asthe women’s reasons behind the decision to engage and endure in the affair