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Jurnal
Syntax Transformation |
Vol. 1
No. 9, November 2020 |
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2721-3854 e-ISSN : 2721-2769 |
Sosial
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THE CULTURE OF PATERNALISM,
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN KEK, AND WOMEN POLITICS IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC
Tio Massa Elnitin Sianipar dan Renny Nurhasana
Universitas Indonesia Depok Jawa Barat, Indonesia
Email: [email protected] dan [email protected]
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INFO ARTIKEL |
ABSTRACT |
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Diterima 2 November 2020 Diterima dalam bentuk revisi 15 November 2020 Diterima dalam bentuk revisi 20 November 2020 |
The turmoil of
political reform provided significant opportunities for women in Indonesia
compared to the previous condition where their political rights were still
very limited. Movements emerged in the form of efforts to empower women's
rights, especially destructive political rights. Although this reform era
could not eliminate apathy and the inability of women to be included in the
hegemonic and repressive political system for decades, on the other hand, the
role of women in maintaining family economic resilience is quite strategic,
because the role of women in community development both in urban and rural
areas shall continue to be improved in the results implementation of its
development, quality development of human resources, and maintenance of the
environment. The theory used in this research is related to the Paternalistic
Culture, the Role of Women in KEK, and Politics. This research explains that
indicators of development in the political field have progressed in their
achievements in such way that women may fall behind in gaining egalitarian
opportunities with men. Legislation shall be utilized in the creation of
women�s participation in political parties and the House of Representatives
(DPR) to accommodate the formulation of robust democratic political culture
based on the perspective of equality between men and women. |
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Kata kunci: Paternalistic Culture,
The Role of Women and Politics. |
Introduction
Indonesia has a strong perception in the application of the term "as
long as you like it and like it" and it also occurs in society, be it in
the business space, government space, and the public. As a someone who feels
that he is a subordinate, he still feels reluctant to express his ideas to the
superiors, even though they know that this is only following orders from their
superiors. In an organization, if a paternalistic culture dominates, there will
be a decrease in the ability of the organization as a whole, but if the
organization understands the importance of participation with opportunities to
increase the job satisfaction of employee staff, then the paternalistic culture
shall be eliminated slowly (Mustikawati,
2010).
(Irawanto,
2008) explains through his
research that in the last decade there has been an increase in the theory of
evolutionary leadership, although some of these theories are oriented towards
foreign cultures. Within this period, there are approximately three thousand
researches in the field of leadership by excluding the role of culture in the
formation of good leadership and leaders (Littrell,
2010). Therefore, the influence
of leadership theory originating from foreign cultures becomes useless and it
tends to be an incompatible practice which is not in accordance with procedures
when applied to the countries with Eastern cultures. Leadership behavior that
comes from a certain culture will affect the flexibility of the implementation
of this leadership behavior, which is very different from one culture to
another. One of the factors in achieving effective leadership is the relation
between cultural value and leadership because the existence of cultural value
is an indicator for achieving the leadership effectiveness and the leader
himself.
Indonesia has very high values of harmonization and harmony in society
lives, therefore these values have an effect on the leadership model and
leaders have complete characteristics and protective behaviors (Irawanto,
2008). This leadership model is
a type of paternalistic leadership, which is generally found in the world of
bureaucracy. (Cheng
et al., 2010). stated that
paternalistic leadership is a type of leadership that combines immense
obedience and responsibility, with good virtue as a protector, and good
authority and morals. This type of paternalistic leadership is prioritized on
aspects such as feedback, the openness of opinion, and tepo
seliro. Leaders will appreciate, receive input,
suggestions, and provide instructions to subordinates, as well as alertness
from subordinates who directly carry out and obey work instructions for their
organization (Lee,
2010).
Talks related to women are inseparable from their roles and positions in
society, whether or not they are relevant in the world of politics. Political
contestation, the role, and position of women be seen as to experience an
injustice, the problem of the function and position of women in the public
domain which is part of human right. On the contrary, it is deeply concerned
that the majority of women groups do not understand their rights. Politics is
full of inequality between men and women. It is believed that women in
Indonesia are the group with the most votes, therefore it is not clear that the
political direction and function and position in the stakeholder area are
relatively limited. The perception that explains that the function and position
of women are less valued in the practical political space.
Currently, the occurrence of Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia still take
place in various parts of the village. In 2020, there will be a regional head election,
which is a challenge in itself, especially during the occurrence of Covid-19
pandemic. The political role of women have to be be highlighted as well, as an element of political actors.
Whether it is a role in a broad sense, or it is a role in regional and national
politics. The role of women in maintaining the economic resilience of the
family is quite strategic because the role of women in community development
both in cities and in rural areas shall developed in the implementation of
their development work, developing human resources (HR) with high standards and
protecting their environment. Women are the vital resource that almost
neglected where their capacity shall be explored continuously and improved. In
general, there are three roles that women emphasize in development; which are
women are icons of human resources in development, women are part of family
development, and also as actors of development. If it is examined thoroughly
regarding the large role of women as human resources, therefore the aim of
including women in a series of development activities is not only humane and
based on the pressure of momentary interests solely, but may also be said to be
an efficient and effective action. The rate of family income may be created
with the support of male and female family members because women have a
significant ability to support additional income for the family. Several
aspects trigger women who already have children and husbands to work based on
the main reason that they add family income. Desires and needs to eliminate
fatigue or take advantage of free time, as well as obtaining a position and
self-development, are the aspects that trigger household women to work (Fitz-Walter
et al., 2012).
The economic strength of the family is an integrated part of national
development which cannot be separated from the strategic role of women, as well
as the economic sector which is said to have a role in family income. Women�s
function are not only to train and educate children,
and look after their husbands, on top of that women have a major role in the
economic strength of the family. The rate of women's involvement in the
economic aspect is due to: (1) The shift in the paradigm and community behavior
regarding the urgency of education for women and men, and it has been realized
that women are involved in economic development, (2) the desire and need of
women to be independent in the economic field, namely always striving to
support the daily needs of members who are responsible for them through the
income they earn themselves, (3) the�
expansion of job opportunities that employ women, such as work in the
home industry (Haryanto,
2016).
Method
According to� (Moleong & Edisi, 2015) �states that research
is, in principle, an attempt to find definite truths. This research method was
used due to several considerations, including what was conveyed by (Moleong & Edisi, 2015), namely: (1) Qualitative method is easier to be adapted on
the condition that the reality is plural. (2) This method describes in detail
the nature of the relationship between the researcher and the information
source. (3) This method is highly sensitive and may adapt itself to the adopted
concept of value. This research is also a qualitative study of a social
perspective on whether or not the Paternalism Culture plays a role in Family
Economic Resilience and the political role of women.
(Suparlan, 2010) argues that qualitative research is research that examines
in detail the social symptoms of society to get an overview of the prevailing
patterns, the deep meaning of the object and subject events that need to be
understood and expressed directly, subsequently analyzed objectively. Other
experts such as (Ollerenshaw & Creswell,
2012) argues that the definition of qualitative research is a
process of investigation in order to understand social problems accurately and
quickly.
Result And
Discussion
The dominance of family economic
resilience is the involvement of women to provide for the family, and the
second is the increase of income in helping the head of the family. In the
midst of various family/household needs that need to be fulfilled, meanwhile,
the income of the head of the husband/household is still far from ideal, this
situation encourages the use of neglected potential resources to increase the
expected life necessities. A woman/housewife is one of the alternatives that
could be maximized to help boost the income of the husband/ head of the
household.
The diversity of additional jobs
engaged in by woman/housewife to assist the work of the husband/head of the
household that a woman/housewife, for example, farming, raising livestock, and
others, are solely for the purpose that they want to assist their husbands in
increasing family income to fulfill their daily necessities. However, this
situation is, by all means, depending on the opportunities, abilities, and
mutual agreement, or in other words, the lack of the husband's income as the head
of the household stimulates housewives to be directly involved in increasing
their husband's income. The participation of a wife helps the husband's income,
is expected to increase family income. The wife's contribution has a significant
role in the survival of her family, further, a limited life which is followed
by the condition of the husbands who live at home because they do not have
permanent jobs, consequently causing the housewives� active function to fulfill
family necessities to be crucial.
A.
Politics And Women
Women are free in the
political space when the reformation door opened, likewise several other female
leaders in the world who had been present and hold the highest position of
power, especially in the government and state structures. This situation
illustrates that Indonesian women are getting closer to politics, and women
always strive in such a way that this harmonious participation is maintained
and harmonious, which is consistent with the tendency or trend of neglecting
women politicians in various countries by showing that women have a strategic
and tactical role in the country and nation development.
The increasing numbers of
opportunities for women's involvement in the practical political space in
Indonesia, could not be separated from the amendments to the rules of the 1945
Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. Furthermore, the Law on
"elections" has supported the existence of affirmative action for
women in the political arena by taking into account the fundamental thing,
namely the gender justice perspective.
The provisions regulated
in the two laws mentioned above indicate that there is progress in the
political system in Indonesia. In the future, there will be improvements that
occur following the development of the era.�
Further, the respective regulation obliges the political parties to
comply with orders mandated by law. In the situation of individual candidates,
women have equal political rights and opportunities in regional head
elections (Pemilihan Kepala Daerah/Pilkada), due to accommodating regulations. This condition
provides an opportunity for individual candidates to appear in the presidential
election (Pemilihan Presiden/Pilpres). Therefore, the women group is more mature to
prepare themselves in anticipation of arising of political development dynamic.
The explanation above illustrates some of the problems that occurred with the
purpose that they can formulate regulations based on changes in political
legislation, especially in order to increase the quantity and quality of women
in the management of political parties and DPR, among others:
1. Patriarchal political
culture dominates based on the ultra-conservative stigma that there are no
enough women who are potential and reliable enough to be able to compete with
men in a highly competitive era of fully-fledged politics.
2. Women lack of awareness in
politics and in competing on an equal footing with men for collaboration even
though it has been explicitly confirmed by regulatory changes in political
legislation.
3. Political parties in their
capacity as election participants do not have female candidate with sufficient
and great potential to be relied on as candidate to support the quality of
political institutional organizational structures in order to improve
respective party quality.
4. There is no accessible
chain link in the form of networking for women among political institutions,
the central government, local governments and the community.
Based on the explanation
above, it is understandable the progress that has been obtained from the
development of the political sector in order to anticipate the shortage of
women in having the same and equal opportunities as men. For this reason, these
political laws and regulations shall be applied in order to create an increase
in the function of women in political parties and DPR order to produce a
political culture with a robust democracy under the context of justice between
men and women.
In this
case, there will be several stages conducted in relation to the context of
exploiting politics for women, namely: (1) Developing a polite and ethical
strategy and style when creating common ideas and opiniothe abilities� that women possessed by increasing the
quality and quantity to be more well-controlled; (2) Bridging the existing
design to increase the political institutions capacity for women, for example, the Indonesian
women's political caucus and the development of relations between women's
organizations; and, (3) Priority scale of political education activities on a
national scale which is synchronized with the needs of international politics
to support the progress in the quality of the respective political
organization. The broad political role of women during the Covid-19 pandemic is
to provide socialization to the public regarding health protocols in accordance
with government directives. As for the role of women in politics, specifically,
is to become a candidate for a certain party. Certainly, with a campaign
pattern in accordance with standard health protocols. Therefore, the role of
this woman becomes a balanced instrument in carrying out her position.
Conclusion
The political
role of women is relative minimum. The main problem is influenced by men
considering and treating women as weak creature and allergic to the practical
politics. Patriarchal culture in society is rooted even to the in the smallest
part of society, such as family, male dominance is very strong, claims of
stigma in the female personality subjectively considered as powerless creature
without contribution. Women are regarded as the second class who should stay at
home. A helpless woman should not come into contact with a political
environment which is covered by violent displays of power.
The above
negative perceptions are attached to women, further the discussion of
patriarchal culture justifies such view upon women which create a strong myth.
Women's empowerment is restricted by strong barrier from women's position
explanation based on political, religious, and social views. Women actually
have absolute independence regarding their personality. Hence, humans have an
equal position in leading in this world. Women have equal rights and
obligations as citizens for improving human welfare.
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