Inspiring Women's Awareness about Their Essential Abilities

DOI

10.2991/icsgs-18.2019.16How to use a DOI?

Keywords

labeling, dual systems, cultural and theological adherence, self-perception

Abstract

The aim of this study is to inspire women to have the confidence and independenceto equallycoexist with men. All over the world, there are stories of female suffering. Thissuffering is caused by verbal, physical, material, psychological, and sexual violence and discrimination. Some violence is culturally embedded,andlocal communities and theological teachings are resistant to change. Traditional, cultural, and theological adherence, in these instances,causes women tosurrender to their fate. However, women possess great potential that is valuable and useful for human life. This paper explores methods of inspiringself-respect amongwomen and developing their awareness of their extraordinary individual competencies. The research is based on a number of theories, includingthe labeling theory, dual systems theory, Weber’s theory of power, and self-perception theory.Qualitative research methods were used to interpret relevant literature and create an analysis model. The results suggest that Indonesian women, in general, are resigned to violence for fear of social exclusion and fear of sin. The objective of the research is to inspire awareness of these issues among women through the development of positive self-perception. Women should realize that they are competent and have potential in order to notbe resigned to discrimination and violence. Education in self-awarenesscan be used to empower womenby constantlyreinforcing the belief that they are competent and are worthy of living happy lives.The research concludesthat comprehensive and continuousformal education, which teaches psychological strength and character building, is required to empower women to escape cycles of violence and discrimination.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Albertine Minderop
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TI  - Inspiring Women's Awareness about Their Essential Abilities
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies (ICSGS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 111
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SN  - 2352-5398
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