Covert Prostitution: A Study of the Social Profile of Prostitutes in Coffee Shops

Abstract

Covert prostitution, practiced by women in a number of coffee shops, is part of "socio-cultural inequality, which causes problems". Prostitution is not only about the problematic of cultural and structural inequality but also related to the social profile, which is about the social condition/character of prostitutes with the relations that surround them. This research was conducted in a number of coffee shops in Wajo Regency, Indonesia, using descriptive qualitative methods. The results showed that a number of social profiles attached to coffee shop prostitutes, namely educational background, religiosity and weak women's skills, flashy makeup and sexy clothes, bed providers in coffee shops, illegal companions / husbands. A number of things above, is a social profile as a social picture, the coffee shop prostitutes in practicing prostitution in disguise.