From Village Flowers to Strategic Leaders: An Analysis of Triple Role Synergy, Customary Law, and Hegemonic Reproduction Discourse on the Limited Access of Balinese Women in Batubulan Traditional Villages

Abstract

Objective: To critically analyze the synergistic factors (gender, structural, and sociological) that limit Balinese women's access to career opportunities to strategic leadership positions in the indigenous village system, even though they have economic empowerment.

Methodology/approach: This study uses a Critical Qualitative approach with a Descriptive Case Study design in Batubulan Traditional Village, Gianyar. Data were collected through indepth interviews with 7 professional women. The analysis utilizes Triple Role Theory, CulturalHegemony, and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).

Results/findings: This restriction is caused by the interaction of three barriers: 1. Triple Burden (Career, Domestic, Customary) causes Structural Time Poverty, paralyzing political participation. 2. Awig-Awig creates a Formal Exclusion by requiring the status of Purusa (male) for strategic roles. 3. Hegemonic discourse and social surveillance by Orte Pisaga (neighbors) upholds obedience, transforming structural oppression into moral obligation.

Limitations: This study is limited to the context of the specific traditional governance of Batubulan Traditional Villages, which limits the generalization of findings across the Bali region.

Contributions: This research provides a multi-dimensional framework (Gender-Law-Sociology) to understand the persistent political exclusion of educated women in modernized traditional societies, providing direct information on gender studies, anthropology, and local governance policies.

Novelty: The explicit linkage and analysis of Triple Burden, Formal Exclusion through Awig-Awig, and social surveillance mechanisms by Orte Pisaga as one interlocking system that creates Structural Time Poverty in the Balinese context.