Women In Environmental Management On Bontosua Island, South Sulawesi

Abstract

Women are considered as an important group in the process of environmental management. The character attached to women has the potential to be involved in environmental management. This study aims to conduct a precision analysis of how the role of women in environmental management, especially on the island of Bontosua. The method used in this research is qualitative with a case study approach. The results showed that the role of women in environmental management on the island of Bontosua is the result of social construction through three dimensions, namely externalization, objectivation and internalization. Externalization is an activity carried out by women in natural management such as throwing garbage in the sea, burning plastic waste, reusing used plastic bottles, planting trees, and reducing the use of non-environmentally friendly products such as styrofoam, plastic, etc. Objectivation is a process where women begin to pay attention to feedback from external activities such as throwing garbage into the sea is not something wrong because they do not get a direct impact from these activities. Internalization is that women begin to accept, precipitate and repeat their behavior in environmental management. From the sociological analysis, it can be seen that the behavior of women in environmental management on the island of Bontosua tends not to be proactive because the social construction process does not pay attention to environmental issues.