A STUDI FENOMENOLOGIS : KEKERASAN DALAM PACARAN PADA REMAJA DI KECAMATAN X KABUPATEN SEMARANG

Abstract

Dating violence is one of the crucial issues at a global level facing adolescents and young adults. Dating violence includes physical, emotional, verbal, social, and sexual aggression behaviors aimed at controlling and hurting a partner. The cause of the high rate of dating violence is that many women do not understand the forms of physical, psychological and sexual violence in love.This study aims to find the description of dating violence on youth.           This was a qualitative study with phenomenological approach. Respondents were 5 youth aged 18-21 years and had been dating. The data sampling used snowball sampling technique, and data analysis used the kualitatif method.             The results of this study indicate that the types of dating violence include jealousy, interrogation, threats, being called by unwelcome term, promised to call, forced kissing, touching, sexual intercourse, slapped and pinched. From these results, it can be concluded that violence in dating is still common, whether it is emotional violence, sexual violence, or physical violence.           The youth are expected to have good communication with their partners and have more assertiveness in taking attitudes, dare to refuse and ask for help if they experience acts of violence.