Acta Politica Polonica
Previously: Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego. Acta Politica
‘Ilemosu’ social stigma and desire for remarriage among female divorcees in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
DOI: 10.18276/ap.2024.57-07
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| ISSN: | 2451-0432 |
| eISSN: | 2719-4388 |
| Authors: |
Remi Kasali
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Department of Sociology and Industrial Relations Fountain University Osogbo, Nigeria Tajudeen Yusuf Adeyinka
Department of Criminology and Security Studies National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria Musediq Olufemi Lawal
Department of Sociology and Criminology Osun State University, Osogbo, Nigeria Kehinde Monsurat Raji Department of Sociology and Industrial Relations Fountain University Osogbo, Nigeria |
| Keywords: | divorce marrying remarrying residents yoruba ‘Ilemosu’ |
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Abstract
Divorce is generally loathsome among the Yoruba people as it is morally reprehensible and socially stigmatized. Most women divorcees are derisively called ‘dalemosu’, a term that represents failures in nuptial affairs and lack of capacity to manage marital crisis. To obliterate or counteract the social disapproval and stigmatization attached to divorce, many victims attempt to enter into another conjugal relationship, while others may never care about the disdain with the warped notion that marriage presents lots of injustices, especially for women. They instead prefer finding solace in single parenthood. Notions that “all men are the same” and “marriage is for the lucky ones” were identified as strong factors that made a number of divorcee participants to lose confidence in institution of marriage
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