Understanding Female Religiousity in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/icems-17.2018.7How to use a DOI?

Keywords

coping mechanism, patriarchal culture

Abstract

This article analyzes coping mechanism under the restriction of women’s role in domestic sphere. These women are members of Jam’iyyat al-Nisa Assembly of Muslim (Majelis Taklim Jam’iyyat al-Nisa ??" MTJN). This research is conducted using qualitative method, namely direct observation and in-depth interview. The result of the research shows that these women join MTJN to get away from their repressing domestic life, to meet friends with the same experience, to share their stories, and to do fun activities like joining the campaign of political parties or local elections, getting Islamic clothing and free picnic, as well as gossiping which some times could lead to the embarrassment of their husband. Going to MTJN does not solve their problems, but they are not going to file for a divorce for afraid of the negative “stigma” of becoming a widow or the social mockery which is common in the Tangerang patriarchal society. Most of Jam’iyyat al-Nisa members use the assembly of Muslim as their legitimate coping mechanism and stress release particularly in the subordinate husband-wife relationship

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ulfah Fajarini
PY  - 2017/10
DA  - 2017/10
TI  - Understanding Female Religiousity in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education in Muslim Society (ICEMS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 32
EP  - 35
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icems-17.2018.7
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