Motivasi, Stigma dan Coping Stigma pada Perempuan Bercadar

Full-face veil is a head scarf with a face cover which only leave eyes exposed used by Muslim women as accompanied with wearing long hijab and black dominated clothes covering body. A full-face veil has some kinds such as niqab and burqa. Women with full-face veil generally become the target of stigma. This study explores full-face veiled women’s experiences including their motivation that encourage them to wear it, the stigma they face, and how they cope with the stigma. Five women who wear full-face veils involved in this study. Data collected using semi-structured interviews and analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The result shows that wearing full-face veil is motivated primarily by religious loyalty and for guarding them from sexual objectification. Their strong religious loyalty make them ready to face stigma labelled by their surrounding society such as accused as a fanatic,a member of terrorist group, and being avoided by their surrounding people. The strategies they use to cope with the stigma cover internal and external strategies. The internal strategies consist of ignoring the stigma and taking the view that the stigma is caused by the surrounding society’s misunderstanding. Meanwhile, the external strategies include of taking effort to clarify and give the explanation to revise the misunderstanding,as well as participating in neighborhood activities.Key words: Muslim women, full-face veil, stigma, coping stigmaAbstrak: Cadar adalah penutup wajah perempuan muslim yang menutup wajah kecuali kedua mata digunakan dengan jilbab dan baju kurung panjang serta didominasi warna gelap yang menutup seluruh tubuh. Perempuan bercadar biasanya rentan dengan stigma. Penelitian ini membahas pengalaman perempuan bercadar meliputi motivasi bercadar, bentuk stigma yang mereka hadapi, dan bagaimana cara mereka menghadapi stigma. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan wawancara semi-terstruktur dan dianalisis menggunakan analisis fenomenologi interpretif. Penelitian ini mengungkap tiga tema yaitu motivasi bercadar, bentuk stigma yang dialami, dan strategi untuk menghadapi stigma. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa motivasi bercadar muncul dari ketaatan dalam beragama dan keinginan untuk menghindarkan diri dari objektivikasi seksual. Hal ini membuat mereka siap menghadapi stigma seperti dianggap fanatik, anggota kelompok teroris, dan dihindari oleh orang-orang di sekitarnya. Strategi menghadapi stigma yang ditempuh partisipan dapat digolongkan menjadi dua, yaitu strategi internal dengan cara mengabaikan dan memaklumi pandangan negatif masyarakat sekitar, dan strategi eksternal melalui pemberian penjelasan sebagai klarifikasi dan ikut melibatkan diri dalam kegiatan bersama masyarakat sekitar.

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Muslim Women’s Experiences of Higher Education in Britain

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v24i3.424 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 46-69

Author(s):

Fauzia Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Identity Construction ◽

South Asian ◽

Muslim Women ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Women’S Experiences ◽

Women's Experiences ◽

It Impacts ◽

The Social ◽

University Experiences

I explore British South Asian Muslim women’s experiences of higher education and how it impacts identity construction and negotiation. Through semi-structured interviews with thirty-five undergraduate and post-graduate Muslim female university students, I reflect on their perceived and actual experiences. By stressing how representations of them influence their participation and experiences, I analyze how individual subjectivities are mediated and negotiated while reflecting common experiences. I also consider their accounts of the social and personal benefits they felt that they gained during their studies, as well as to the more disturbing and racialized aspects of their experiences. They differentiated between three overlapping forms of beneficial experience: academic, social, and personal. While instances of anti-Muslim racism were rare or subtle, certain university structures and expectations of what being a mainstream student means often contributed to a noted sense of “othering.” I conclude by highlighting how their accounts of their university experiences directly challenge those stereotypes that misrepresent educated Muslim women as “religious and cultural rebels.”

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‘Do you mean I’m not whole?’: Exploring the role of support in women’s experiences of mastectomy without reconstruction

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105316664135 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (12) ◽

pp. 1598-1609 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Stephanie Archer ◽

Fiona G Holland ◽

Jane Montague

Keyword(s):

Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽

Sense Of Self ◽

The Self ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Younger Women ◽

Women’S Experiences ◽

Women's Experiences ◽

Positive Support ◽

Unilateral Mastectomy

This study explores the role of others in supporting younger women who opt not to reconstruct their breast post-mastectomy. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six women diagnosed with breast cancer in their 30s/40s. The women lived in England, had been diagnosed a minimum of 5 years previously and had undergone unilateral mastectomy. An interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed three themes: Assuring the self: ‘I’ll love you whatever’, Challenging the self: ‘Do you mean I’m not whole?’ and Accepting the self: ‘I’ve come out the other side’. The women’s experiences of positive support and challenges to their sense of self are discussed.

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