Maira Hafeez2025-08-252025-08-252022https://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/5303The social adjustment of divorced women in Pakistan accounts for a lot of factors that altogether participate in the decision concerning their adjustment. This research was mainly focused on how symbolic violence causes hindrance in the social adjustment of divorced Pakistani women. The theoretical concept of (Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic violence) was applied for the identification of symbolic violence. A total of 5 divorced Pakistani women were selected using purposive sampling. Semi-structured in-depth interviews following IPA (Interpretive Phenomenological Approach) were used for analysis purposes to understand participants lived experiences. The results indicated how women’s later adjustments were controlled by symbolic violence. The creation of the ‘Natural world’ per their subjective reality was so indestructible that they lost the vision of identifying such boundaries of oppression and rather dealt via compromising or misapprehending.en-USThesis