MONOPOLI KOMUNIKASI DAN BEBAN GANDA: DEKONSTRUKSI PERAN GENDER PADA KOMUNITAS PETANI DI PEDESAAN

Abstract

Gender inequality in the rural agricultural sector is often produced and perpetuated through asymmetrical power relations within the family institution. This study aims to critically examine the interpersonal communication patterns between male and female farmers and to deconstruct the polarization of labor roles in Baku-Baku Village. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach with Judith Butler's Theory of Gender Performativity as the primary analytical framework, empirical data were gathered through participant observation, in-depth interviews with 10 key informants (farmer couples), and document analysis. The data analysis adopted the interactive model by Miles and Huberman, encompassing data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. The findings reveal that family communication practices are dominated by a monopolistic communication pattern. Within this interactional structure, male farmers hold absolute discursive control and verbal decision-making authority, systematically repressing egalitarian, deliberative discussion spaces. The dominance of these one-way directives directly leads to the manifestation of a double burden entrapping female farmers. Factually, women are compelled to execute productive labor in the public sphere (cornfields) with a physical intensity equal to that of men, while simultaneously bearing absolute responsibility for domestic reproductive labor. This study concludes that the construction of gender roles in agrarian communities continues to operate oppressively, fundamentally rooted in the obstruction of emancipatory dialogic communication.