The Story of Old Women and Autonomy: A Feminist Study of the Obstacles on Old Women's Autonomy in Old Age
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_38How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Old Women; Autonomy; Obstacles; Feminist Studies
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Old women are constrained by unequal power relations to have a prosperous and comfortable life. The unequal power relations affect access, power, and control of old women. In this case, the autonomy of old women to determine the decision on their life choices is hampered. In addition, old women are more vulnerable to gender-based injustice because they have two identities as a woman and an old person. This study examines autonomy of old women in DKI Jakarta, Indonesia by applying existentialism theory of Simone de Beauvoir and relational autonomy of Natalie Stoljar. Data are obtained by using a qualitative approach with feminist perspective. Findings of this study show that old women must face various factors that impeded their autonomy, including power relations, doctrines of patriarchal values, and oppressive relationships in their old life. These inhibiting factors affect old women during their old life . However, old women can have autonomy because old women can do self-reflection on the oppressive conditions they experienced and to produce knowledge to strategically deal with oppression in themselves.
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TY - CONF AU - Nailah AU - Elizabeth Kristi Poerwandari AU - Mia Siscawati PY - 2023 DA - 2023/05/29 TI - The Story of Old Women and Autonomy: A Feminist Study of the Obstacles on Old Women's Autonomy in Old Age BT - Proceedings of the fourth Asia-Pacific Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Arts and Humanities Stream (AHS-APRISH 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 488 EP - 498 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_38 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-058-9_38 ID - 2023 ER -