FENOMENA KOMUNIKASI WANITA KARIR SINGLE PARENT DIKOTA PEKANBARU
ABSTRACT: Career women who are
single parent is no longer ordinary to be performed thanks to women
emancipation that make women are equal to men and no longer considered as taboo
in the
public opinion. Without
their spouse, a
single parent woman
can be a
success in raising kids and their
career. Woman prefer to retain divorced from marriage, while living uncomfortable. A woman will prefer to ask for divorce rather
than struggle with irritating marriage.
A woman who wants to be a housewife but they have to face financial problems in
their life and at the end, they have to work outside with all their
efforts. This study aims to reveal motive
in the future
that by holding
single parent status,
its meaning, and
reveal communication experiences for career women who is single parent
in Pekanbaru City.This study uses qualitative research method with
phenomenology approach. Subject for
this study are
3 (three) career
women who is
single parent in
Pekanbaru City which categorized by purposif method and
obtained by using snowball technique. Data collection obtained by deep
interview, observation, and literature study.
Study result concludes that motives for career women in the future with
single parent status are struggle, life style, and craving for activities.
Whilst other motives are to achieve success and hoping for new spouse. Meaning
that they have to keep is accepting their
status as single parent and convince to live independently.
Communication experience categorized into
2 groups, which
are positive communication
experience, such as
advice from family, support from
relatives to live,
good suggestion from
environment, and negative communication experience
such as gossip
for their single
parent status, family
talk, and widow status which
always being debate topic in their neighborhood and colleagues.
Penulis: Vidya Astri Wahyuni
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd160038
