Malaysian Lesbian’s Stress Level
ABSTRACT: This research
focuses on Pengkid. It is a term or a slang used in Malaysia to refer to
lesbians in the butchcategory. They are a group of individuals who are having
non-traditional sexual orientation, in which they are sexually attracted to
biologically-defined women. This research was conducted in order to focus on
their sources and level of stress and a semi-structured interview schedule was administered
with 25 pengkidparticipants from Pulau Pinang, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. Participants
were recruited through various methods including from Malaysian Pengkidofficial
website and snowballing technique.Various challenges related to day-to-day life
were reported by participants. However, financial problems, conflicts in work
place or study place and conflictswith girlfriends have been identified as their
main sources of stress. Since they are supporting families, girlfriends and
themselves, they face financial problems almost every month. At the same time, having
more expenses compared to their income also caused this problem. Findings show
that Malaysian Pengkiddoes not face any kind of problems or stress because of
their identity. Malaysia’s Pengkidseems to face the same problem that is faced
by people with traditional sexual orientation and. They also do not have
critical stress level and it is still manageable.
Author: Zhooriyati, S. M &
Intan, H. M. Hashim
Journal Code: jppsikologisosialgg140004
