Representasi Peran Perempuan terhadap Pengendalian Isu Seksualitas dalam Paradigma Phallusentris

Abstract

As a discourse, knowledge about women sexuality embodies power relation by control, discipline and normalization. With this perspective, interpretation about woman sexuality that represented by term that attributed to women are related with a political interest. This meaning normalized with values, norms, and social practice mechanism until truth about woman and their sexuality accepted as undeniable truth. Phallucentric paradigm that becomes basis woman sexuality discourse is making man as interpretation subject. Therefore, woman positioned as sexual object that understood and defined with man perspective and interest. Woman subordination that placed them as passive figure sexually have making them loosing their sexual creativity and activity. This condition imply continuous social problem faced by women: sexual violence/harassment, trafficking, unhealthy sexual life, unwanted pregnancy, sexual infection.