PERILAKU SEKSUAL WARIA (Studi Kualitatif pada Waria di Kabupaten Jember dalam Penerapan Health Belief Model)

Abstract

The method which is used in this research is qualitative method. The way of taking the sample is purposive sampling to 10 transsexuals in Jember. In collecting the data, the researcher used in-depth interview which is analyzed by thematic content analysis. The result is most of despondences that are about 20 years old and the rest of despondences are about 30 years old have low education level. Most of them underwent the first sexual activity with the same guy in 9 to 20 years old. They are about to have men as the steady sexual partner, there are 2 despondences who have married, one of the despondences have wife and the other has a husband. By having steady sexual partner, it is not guarantee that behind they have not other sexual partner. In transsexual world, transsexual people changed their partner all the time in having sex. They did because sex is biology need and their self-actualization as a woman. The frequency of having sex with their steady sexual partner is more than twice in a week, and it also occurs to their unsteady sexual partner for having sex more than three times in a week. The most favorite sexual technical of despondences are anal and oral sex. The frequency of despondences condom usage in the last month with their steady sexual partner is that they never use it. The most of despondences are become addicted to antibiotic drugs and tetracycline. By consuming those drugs, they can remove hard fatigue and injury in their anus. These genital annoyances are undergone by some transsexual people, such as painful when they have got to rest room to urinate and itchy in their groin area that make it painful. By changing the sexual partner all the time they feel safe, for it reasons they have to use condom to their unsteady sexual partner. They also believe that HIV/AIDS occur to not only to transsexual people, but also to the really street-walker woman. The awareness despondences level for condom usage and regular checkup are still have low attention.