The role of democratic dialogue between parents and children in addressing family problems (a field study in Baghdad governorate)

Abstract

Our Arab societies, especially our Iraqi society, are characterized by a masculine character, on the basis that the father is characterized by perfection, strength, authority, and influence. Thus, most of the studies that dealt with the family converge in Arab societies in general and Iraqi society in particular. Concerning the assertion of the patriarchal character, and therefore the distinctive authoritarian nature of family relations, and the exclusiveness of the man with absolute power within the Arab system in general and the family in particular (). In such a system, the role of the wife, mother, and children is marginalized, and they are not given space for dialogue, discussion, and opinion on common family affairs.