Abstract

The purpose of the study was to understand the lived experience of view on ‘Single MotherS by Choice’among 20-30s voluntary single womens. Transcribed data were analyzed using the hermeneutic phenomenological method developed by van Manen. The results of this study are as follows. First, 20-30s voluntary single women have experienced negative social perceptions of non-marriage, but have expectations for change. Second, they experienced frustration with the reality that only married couples were allowed to give childbirth. Third, they approach childbirth from the perspective of women's subjectivity. Fourth, they demand a change in the childbirth and childcare system in Korean society that childbirth is the result of marriage. Finally, they are creating new values of life while experiencing confusion of their own prejudice and support for single mothers by choice. This study provides a better understanding of the lives of 20-30s voluntary single women. It helps to understand their views on single mothers by choice, women's right to self-determination and subjectivity.