THE ADAPTION OF WOMEN WHO WORK AS A SPLIT STONE IN CIAPUS RIVER, BOGOR Nurul Qomariyah Gunadarma University Indonesia MM. Nilam Widyarini Gunadarma University Indonesia

Abstract

There are many evidences to show that there’s been a perspective movement about attitude, activity,
gender role differences between men and women that affect another movement in the work field for both
men and women. Women can be found work as a driver, labor, sailor, lawyer and many more. On the
other side, men are also can be found work as designer, stylist, capster, dancer, and many more. The
demand inside herself make women who work in masculine work field feels uncomfortable because it’s
not something that usual for her stereotype work field. The aim of this study is to know the description
about the adaptation, its processes, and factors influencing the women’s adaptation who work in
masculine work field with qualitative method. Participant of this study is a women who work as split
stone in Ciapus river, Bogor. The result shows participant has a good adaptation that can be seen in her
adaptation aspects and characteristics.
Key words: adaptation, working women, masculine work field