Smashing the Patriarchal Culture in Indonesia
Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority , social privilege and control of property. Such theories contain little understanding of how women’s oppression and the nature of the family have changed historically. Nor is there much notion of how widely differing that oppression is from class to class. Instead we are presented with the “eternal truth” that “patriarchy” in one form or another is the cause of women’s oppression. In Indonesia, a patriarchal culture still deeply embedded in society especially in the educational, economic, legal and political spheres. Women’s right in social activities are limited to Indonesian women. Social problems also arise because of the stereotypes. The definition of stereotype is a generalized view or preconception about attributes or characteristics that are or ought to be possessed by members of particular social group or the roles that are or should be perfo
