Social Perspective of Women in Localization

Abstract

The existence of localization became a source of problems that caused many stereotypes against women. This study aims to, 1.) Describe the perspective of the people of Ponteh Village towards the women of Ponteh Village itself with the existence of localization. 2.) Describe the perspective of outside people with the existence of localization. The type of research used is qualitative with a case study approach. The theories used are Dahrendorf's conflict theory to explain the different community perspective. The results of the study are, 1.) Although the existence of localization in fact provides stereotypes due to the social construction, such as the assumption that Ponteh Village women are prostitutes, only their clothes are tight and thick makeup. In addition, this problem is getting longer because some of the people of Ponteh Village are involved in perpetuating the bad stigma by being involved in it. The perspective that existed in the community outside Ponteh Village previously considered that women in Ponteh Village participated in becoming prostitutes in it. However, this perception gradually became neutral, meaning that they did not deny the existence of localization but did not connect with women in Ponteh Village anymore as before. The further research is better to explain how is the woman in those area feelings.