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Infertilitas di Kalangan Laki-Laki Madura Studi Tentang Permasalahan Sosial dan Konsekuensi Infertilitas
Not having children results in a sense of role failure with social and emotional consequences. In sociocultural setting, infertility even has a gender hasblas. Infertile women tend to be blamed with regard of infertility. Very little bas been explored regarding infertility expenrience particularly for man. This study explores two main issues, wat the socail and psychological stress like and how the consequences of being intertile. This qualitative study was conducted in Madura island which predominated by moslem population and patriarchat value. Research subjects were infertile men in-depth interviews were condected with 10 infertile men to explore socio-cultural life regarding infertility. With regard of social and psychological stress. The result shown that the intertility was not considered as a problem. This situation was it relation with religion value, solidariity from community and strong consanquinity tying. At individual level, infertility is considered as self abnormalites. Desire to play the role as individual who have social identity making intertile men not confident and lose face. Beyond their hometown community, make them didn’t have the reference who was able to give reinforcement when the infertile men feel the social and psychological pressure.
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