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 for strategic leadership positions in the indigenous village system, despite their economic empowerment. Methodology/Approach: This study uses an acritical qualitative approach with a descriptive castudyydyydy design in Batubulan Traditional Village, Gianyar. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with seven professional women. The analysis utilizes the triple role theory, cultural hegemony, and critical discourse analysis (CDA). Results/Findings: This restriction was caused by the interaction of three barriers: 1. Triple Burden (Career, Domestic, Customary) causes Structural Time Poverty, paralyzing political participation. 2. Awig-Awig creates 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 a moral obligation. Limitations: This study is limited to the specific context of the traditional governance of Batubulan village, which limits the generalizability of the 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: Orte Pisaga’s explicit linkage and analysis of the triple burden, formal exclusion, and social
surveillance mechanisms as one interlocking system that creates structural time poverty in the Balinese
context.