Journal of Feminism and Gender Studies (JFGS)
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): Journal of Feminism and Gender Studies

Work-life Balance and the Working Women: Studit of Women's Experience in Gender Commodity Perspective

Bernarda Prihartanti (Magister Kajian Budaya Universitas Sanata Dharma)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Jan 2024

Abstract

This article aims to reflect the experiences of working women and mothers with dual roles regarding how the discourse on work-life balance affects their respective lives. The research using an autoethnographic method complemented by a literature review. Data was obtained through personal experience and interviews with several female friends who work in big cities like Jakarta and Surabaya. The data was processed as a self-reflection through Robin Truth Goodman's 'gender commodity' perspective. Through the results of reflections on experiences in this article, several working women feel the influence of the work-life balance discourse, both directly and indirectly. The results of this research also show that work-life balance as a discourse is reproduced by neoliberalism for capitalist.

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FGS

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Humanities Social Sciences

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The Journal of Feminism and Gender Studies (JFGS) main objectives are to develop scientific discourse and analysis on issues of gender and feminism. JFGF accommodates articles with both empirical and discursive approaches by providing freedom of scientific development within the framework of ...