A Study on the Sexual Conflict and the Marital Satisfaction

Autor has been interested in the factors which influence the sexual conflict of marital relation and researched the latent sexual conflict of mairital relation by way of social field survey through questionnaire method from June 20th, 1984 to Aug. 10th, 1984(The subjects: 653 couples of middle class people in Seoul). This study is researched and analyzed under the following hypothesis; If the latent sexual conflict of marital relation comes into existence, the unsatisfaction of wives will be shown in higher degree than that of husbands. The results are as followings; 1) As to the satisfaction of marital relation, the attitude about the importance of sexual life, and the anticipation about the sex before marriage which are the factors operating on the sexual life of marital relation, the unsatisfaction of wives is shown in higher degree than that of husbands. 2) The reason for the unsatisfaction of wives is interpreted under the followings. Psychoanalytically, woman has complicated process of dissolution of Oedipus complex and the unconscious drive wish to have an achievement about the passive attitude. Psychosocially, woman has much more role conflict and disadventages of sexuality under the double concepts of social value system.