The Structuration of Condom Usage

Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 12

Abstract

Increasing of HIV sufferers due to unhealthy sex, it shows variations to sex behavior of commercial sex workers. The phenomenon of the problem of condom usage can be observed in the relation between individual behavior and their social structure. Therefore, the researcher used the sociological glasses of Anthony Giddens, Theory of structuration as an analytical knife. Common problems found in the phenomenon of condom usage were formulated as follows: How to structure of condom usage in commercial sex workers in Makassar City, South of Sulawesi. This research used phenomenological qualitative method. The research findings showed that commercial sex behavior in using condoms was reflection of the structure process. The structuring process shows that variations in condom use are very likely to occur considering the structure containing the value system that should be obeyed is not constrained. No constraints on structure cause there are opportunities for commercial sex workers to conflict with the wishes of the structure. The structure represented by the system of values for healthy sex is not only obeyed by individuals

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Hairuddin Kudding

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  • EP ID EP423981
  • DOI 10.9790/0837-2312041926.
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Hairuddin Kudding (2018). The Structuration of Condom Usage. IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 23(12), 19-26. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-423981