Marriage and piety East Javanese women cultivating piety by doing marital tasks

Jamilah, Jamilah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8408-4401 and Izza, Farah Nuril (2026) Marriage and piety East Javanese women cultivating piety by doing marital tasks. El-Usrah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga, 9 (1). pp. 453-472. ISSN 2549-3132

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Abstract

This article examines how the Pandalungan women in East Java understand their marital chores in marriage and feel that performing them is a sign of their piety by using the concepts of piety, gender, and marital tasks. Qualitative data are collected through interviews, using the snowball sampling technique to select interlocutors. The analysis indicates two main findings. First, Pandalungan women believe that domestic chores are their primary responsibilities in marriage, which must be performed by them rather than their husbands. These responsibilities are culturally and socially internalized as part of their gender role within the household structure. Second, women in the Pandalungan group perceive that a woman’s piety can be cultivated and expressed through marriage by being obedient to her husband and fulfilling her assigned marital tasks. This obedience is seen not only as a social expectation but also as a moral and religious duty. Therefore, women are obliged to perform their marital tasks as a form of devotion and expression of piety within marriage, which reflects the intersection between gender norms, cultural values, and religious understanding in their daily lives

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	marriage; piety; marital tasks
Subjects:	16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1601 Anthropology > 160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1699 Other Studies in Human Society > 169901 Gender Specific Studies
Divisions:	Faculty of Sharia and Law > Department al-Ahwal al-Syakhshiyyah
Depositing User:	Jamilah Jamilah
Date Deposited:	15 Oct 2026 08:20

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