Men With Hijab: Menetapkan Kejamakan Identitas Gender Cross-Hjaber di Media Sosial

Aly Mecca (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Ahmad Fahrul Muchtar Affandi (Program Studi Ilmu Komunikasi, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Kode Pos 40154)
Gumilar Pratama (Departemen Pendidikan Seni Rupa, Fakultas Pendidikan Seni dan Desain, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Kode Pos 40154)

JURNAL SOSIAL HUMANIORA (JSH)
Vol 15, No 2 (2022)

Rejection of cross-hijaber is typical of societies with traditional gender ideologies in Indonesia. In Indonesia, cross-hijaber is stigmatized with criminal, psychiatric, and sexual disorders, as well as identity crises. This study examines how cross-hijaber displays his identity in the public and private spheres via social media, both communally and individually. Cross-hijaber social identity and cross-hijaber personal identity are examined in greater detail in this study. Using a virtual ethnographic method, the study examined cross-hijaber on a Facebook group. The results of the study reveal the diversity and complexity of cross-hijaber identities in social media interactions. The distinction between social and personal identities is no longer distinct because the two can exchange positions depending on context. When cross-hijabers begin to wear their hijab, their cisgender identities will be concealed. Even cross-hijaber identity is fluid based on the social context. Otherwise, when they become cisgender, the cross-hijaber identity will not be displayed.