The Division of Work Culture System Based on Gender and Inequalities Experienced by Woman as Fisherman in Kandang Panjang Coast, Pekalongan, Central Java

Indonesia is a maritime country with a large territorial of sea. This is the reason that Indonesian population has a livelihood as a fisherman. Fisherman themselves have many fields of work so that it becomes a work culture system. Therefore, finally the work of fisherman is divided into many parts. In fact, this divisions has unique and unequal diversity. The man as fisherman will go to sea at night until dawn. Then they will rest themselves or first, they will repair the damage of the ship’s engine (if any). Meanwhile the woman as fisherman have some tasks to sorting the fish when the catch arrives. Not only sorting fishes, they have to process and sell it. On the other hand, they have to balance themselves to become a housewife who has to provide her their family’s needs. Through in-depth interviews and participant observation, we are very aware that woman have a strong dominance in the economic cycle of fisherman. But on the other hand, through Foucault’s point of view, we are aware of the powerlessness of woman as fisherman. They have to work without knowing about the time, but often they become subordinate who are considered to have no contribution. Because the works of processing and selling fishes is considered as a domestic job. Therefore, we highlight this inequality. The woman as fisherman seem to be the part who is fully responsible for the wheels of the fisherman’s economic condition, but they are still become the one who are underestimated. In fact, on several occasions, they are the one to blame if the (fishes) caught do not sell well, or the wheels of the family economic has decreased