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Infidelity is an important matter in marital relationships and it has undesired and deleterious outcomes for the family. This study aimed to investigate the lived experience of women in response to their husband’s infidelity. This study employed a qualitative descriptive-phenomenological method to examine women’s responses to their husband’s infidelity in marital life. Nine female participants were recruited using purposive sampling. The data were collected using semi-structured interviews and the data collection process continued until theoretical saturation. The data analysis showed 13 contributing themes related to women’s lived experience in response to the husband’s infidelity: (1) self-harm, (2) deciding to end the relationship, (3) threatening the husband to engage in mutual infidelity, (4) the disruption of normal life, (5) loss of belief in being unique, (6) feeling inferior and humiliated, (7) skepticism about religious beliefs and justice in the world, (8) losing self-confidence, (9) losing contact with the outside world, (10) self-blame, (11) distrust in the world, (12) losing the meaning of life, and (13) aggression and quarreling. The results showed that the women who experienced the infidelity of their spouse showed different reactions based on internal experiences and external reactions. Therefore, considering the effect of marital infidelity on personal and interpersonal relationships, it is necessary to know and understand these reactions.

One of the most important factors in marital satisfaction and its stability is sexual satisfaction. This study aims to investigate the relationship between power structure in the family and sexual satisfaction of women. The study was conducted as a survey and the statistical population includes all married women in Tabriz of whom 400 women were selected using Cochran's formula and multi-stage cluster sampling method. A standard questionnaire was used to collect the required data and SPSS software was used to analyze the data. According to the descriptive results, the average sexual satisfaction is 244.40 (127-340) and the family power structure is 42.50 (18-68). Considering the dimensions of sexual satisfaction, the average sexual expression is 23.13 (13-48); Sexual partnership is 35.40 (14-48), sexual arousal is 22.45 (9-36); Sexual desire is 25.02 (12-36); Sexual fulfillment is 41.02 (15-60); Sexual attitude is 52.46 (32-66) and sexual awareness is 52.94 (31-66). Considering the dimensions of the power structure, the average participation in decision making is 9.54 (4-24); the persuasion is 17.67 (5-30); and the power symmetry is 15.33 (6-24). The results of the Pearson correlation test showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between power structure in the family and the women's sexual satisfaction. Also, the relationship between the dimensions of the power structure in the family and sexual satisfaction has been significant. According to the results, it can be said that the widespread presence of democratic and participatory structure in the family increases the women's sexual satisfaction in all its dimensions.