DIVORCED WOMAN THAN REMARRIED AGAIN: A SOCIAL PRACTICE IN NAGARI PADANG GANTIANG

Abstract

Ideally marriage is carried out by men and woman with the aim of forming a happy and lasting family (household) (UU No.1 Tahun 1974 pasal 1). According to research and development ministri of religion 2016, 70% divorces are committed by woman. In Nagari Padang Gantiang, divoerced woman then remarry occur many times by the same individual “kawin cerai (Primary research data, 2017).The purpose of this reseach is 1) Exploring the experience of women who marry divorce. 2) Identify enabling and constraining structures on the practice of married women. 3) Identify the structures that are enabling and constraining on the practice of woman divorce. To understand this problem, researchers used the structural theory proposed by Anthony Giddens. Qualitative methodelogy with descriptive type has been done. Data collection is done by observation, in-depth interview with life history technique. Miles and Huberman analysis used for data analysis. The structure of enabling and constraining the practice of women remarried found there are five structures that enabling the practice of married women are: Practice marriage siri is a common thing done in Nagari Padang Gantiang, widow status is negative, marrying back after divorce is a personal matter, the child is rated as a continuation of his nasap, the existence of media to remarry. While the structures that constraining the practice of married women are: There is a necessity to marry over 16 year, the existence of rules to marry in KUA, requisition of first wife's permission if husband is polygamous, there is a regulation for civil servants about polygamous permits. The structures that are enabling and constraining on the practice of female divorce are found to be five structures that enabling divorce practices performed by women, third party interference, female perpetrators marry domesticated victims of domestic violence, poor economic condition of female families of married offenders, lack of knowledge of married offender women of married life, husband returns to his wife / widow. While there are four structures that constraining the practice of female divorce are: the existence of children as a unity of parents, the existence of rules about divorce, the existence of a conception of the ideal family and women are more difficult to divorce than men.