PILIHAN RASIONAL WANITA SEBAGAI ATLET PANJAT TEBING (STUDI KASUS WANITA YANG TERGABUNG DIDALAM FEDERASI PANJAT TEBING INDONESIA RIAU)

Abstract

This study looks at the rationale of women in choosing a profession as a sports
athlete rock climbing. In this case the researchers set the location of research in the
University of Riau campus area which is the center of sporting activities rock climbing
Riau province. The object of this study is also related to the response of women to
society streotipe about women who cultivate rock climbing sport. The subjects of this
study were all female athletes who joined in the Federation Climbing Indonesia Riau,
which amounted to five (5) people. Data collection techniques used observation and
interview techniques. Then the data were analyzed by using descriptive qualitative
analysis method. Based on the results of the analysis found that the rational choice of
women in the sport of rock climbing is because their orientation to the goal, they have
their own goals, so that the attention is the goal. So that all kinds of risks and
consequences do not become something that interfere with their mind, the most
important is the goal is achieved. The reason they survive is due to intrinsic factors:
love, comfort, challenges, and achievement and extrinsic factors: money, and career /
employment. Meanwhile, women's response to stereotypes is said to be positive because
they have a good knowledge of the streotype, and have experienced it themselves, but do
not make it as an obstacle and even more obstacles as a motivation more, spirit, and a
strong will to develop be better. While the attitudes of the female athlete against any
kind of risk that there is likely not to question, because they choose rock climbing sport
on the basis of a sense of love and pleasure.
Keywords: Gender, Climbing, women