THE VALUE OF LOCAL WISDOM ‘BEKTI’ AND ‘KASEDHAK’ ON THE CARE OF COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS CHILDREN IN PARANGTRITIS, BANTUL, YOGYAKARTA

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Rosalia Indriyati Saptatiningsih, Suharni, Selly Rahmawati

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Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs) is a kind of job which is considered to deviate from social norms, especially for CSWs who are married. This study aims to determine how the value of the local wisdom bekti and kasedak affect the care of children of CSWs in Parangtritis, Bantul.The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Data collected by observation, documentation and in-depth interviews, and literature study data analysis techniques in the form of qualitative descriptive analysis.The results showed that the PSK family care model is almost the same as the family in general, namely, there is communication between family members. Some of the CSWs from the research location found that the CSW children who were still in school-age were taken care of by their parents, some were deposited in Islamic boarding schools, and some were entrusted to their grandmothers in the yard. The values ​​of local wisdom in Parangtritis namely bekti and kasedhakaffect the prostitution of child care activities. PSK families take good care of their children, so that the children then thank or do their best. Whereas the value of kasedhak is instilled by the families of CSWs so that their children do not behave badly towards them.

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