Di dalam masyarakat, pekerja seks masih dianggap sebagai penyandang masalah sosial, sehingga dijauhi, bahkan hams diturnpas_ Namun, sebagai manusiag mereka scharusnya dilindungi oleh hukum dan diperlakukan Sesuai dengan amran hak asasi manusia. Dalam kenyataannya., mereka bahkan meugalami berbagai bentuk kekerasan. Unruk memahami masalah itu dan rnencari jalan keluar, penelitian ini mengkaji kasus kekerasan terhadap pekezja seks di kola Banjarmasin.Penelirizm ini, yang mengglmakan rancangan kualitatif berperspektif feminis mengungkap bahwa pekclja scks mengalami kekerasan di sepanjang hidupnya, sebelum, dan selama menjadi pekerja seks. Tiga orang peke1ja seks menceritakan pcngalaman mereka yang membeherkan bentuk kekerasan yang sangat beragam. Mereka pemah mengalami kekerasan Gsik, psikologis, verbal, seksual, spdtual, bahkan yang berdimensi finansial seperti pemerasan, pcnyckapan, penangkapan dan dimanfaatkan oleh aparat negara untuk kcpcntingan terteutu. Akibamya timbul penderitaan iisik: Iuka-Iuka dau memar, gangguan pendengaran, gangguan organ dan fungsi reproduksi. Sementara itu penderitaan psikologisz perasaan takut dan cemas, menyalahkan diri sendiri, rendah diri, perasaan terluka yang mendalam, tidak bcrdaya dan putus asa, serta ketidakmampuan menikmati hubungan seks secara wajar. Namun mereka bertahan hidup karena stralegi tertentu dalam menghadapi kekerasan: melawan, memutuskan hubungan dengau sumber kckerasan, bersikap pasrah alau lcompromistis.

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Abstract

In our society, sex workers are still regarded in those who cause social problems, thus they are isolated, even shall be annihilated. As human being, however, they shall have to be protected by the law and treated in accordance to principles of htunan rights. As a matter of fact, they even experience many kinds of violence. ln order to understand the matter and 'rind out the solution, this research studies the violence case against sex workers in Banjannasin city. This research which applies the feminism perspective based qualitative design reveals that sex workers experience violence dtuing their period of life, before and when making their life as sex workers. Three sex workers tell their experience specifying various types of violence. They ever experience physical, psychological, verbal, sexual, spiritual violence, and even linaneial violence such as squeezing, locking-up, arrest and made a better use by authority for cenain interest. As a result, they experience physical torture: wound and bmise, hearing defect, and reproductive health disorder. As psyeholical torture: fear and apprehensive, low self esteem, self blame, hopeless, and inability to enjoy a proper sexual intercourse. Nevertheless, they ny to survive their life because they use coping strategies: to resist their violence, to defend, to avoid the source of violence, submit their own fate or establish a compromise.