Worker’s Menstruation Leave in the Patriarchy Domination

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10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_162How to use a DOI?

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patriarchy domination; female workers; menstruation leave; feminist

Abstract

The existence of female workers in the industrial sector is inevitable according to the increasing family needs which are compared to the insufficient production source in the agrarian society, besides, a situation which hopes for an economic improvement from a husband or a man cannot be maintained anymore. However, the increasing number of female workers in the industrial sector does not come together with the guarantee of woman right fulfillment in accordance with the their reproduction function that causes violence for female workers in which it does not occur on male labor. A qualitative research method was applied through observation which was conducted to the female worker’s activities and interview to female workers, and male workers. The informants in this study worked for an international sports shoe factory in Tangerang. They have been working for at least three years as an operator, a supervisor, and a labor union official. Even though the company recruited women for more than 80% from the whole number of the workers, this situation indicated that the company did not side with the female workers’ rights of menstruation leave. The company that was represented by the regulation implementation and the male workers’ perspective of the women’s reproduction organ showed that women tended to be the object of capitalist to achieve the profit target. Female workers must obey the company’s regulation although the regulation disturbs the health of woman reproduction organ and working performance in the factory. It indicated that the patriarchy combination within the idea of capitalism caused women to get their rights of reproduction health unfulfilled, especially in relation with the menstruation leave.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sanggam Magda Lasmaria Siahaan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/19
TI  - Worker’s Menstruation Leave in the Patriarchy Domination
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2023 (IJCAH 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1612
EP  - 1620
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_162
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_162
ID  - Siahaan2023
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