The Phenomenology of Undercover Prostitution at Padang City: According to Feminism’s View

The practice of prostitution is a classic problem that always exists in the midst of human life, but still feels new to talk about and discuss it. Padang as one of the Islamic cities in Indonesia, it turns out that there are many cases of undercover prostitution. Unfortunately, the person are mostly female students, including students. In carrying out their actions, they also do not work alone. Most of them, use the services of pimps. They do this, so that their actions are safe from police raids. The purpose of this study is to determine the phenomenology of undercover prostitution at Padang city from the point of view of feminism. Thirdly, generally the persons are not virgin, then her lover plays the role of a pimp who will offer themselves later to a masher man. The results also show that the social network of undercover prostitution practices is formed by involving various stakeholders, such as users, taxi drivers, tour guides, commercial sex workers, nightclub business owners and the surrounding community. The social network is formed because of the same interest, especially economic interests. This study in the perspective of feminism is expected to be an input for the Padang city government to minimize all these undercover prostitution activities.