UNAIR NEWS聽– Book review was one of the pre- national work meeting of Association of Indonesian College Publishers Association (APPTI) at 东京热.聽Grey Chicken in the Whirlpool of Money and Suffering聽book review聽 written by Prof.聽Bagong Suyanto, professor of Economic Sociology, took place at Airlangga University Press on Wednesday, October 4.
Grey Chicken聽was written when he worked at UNICEF as a consultant for child labor.聽In 1999-2001, Bagong wrote 12 books and one of them is聽Grey Chicken.聽From that book, Bagong also wrote another book entitled聽Prostituted Children: Victims of Exploitation in the Commercial Sexual Industry聽.聽This book became Bagong’s dissertation as a requirement for graduating doctoral program at UNAIR.
Grey Chicken聽refers to students involved in the practice of prostitution.聽Professor who writes actively in mass media said that there are many things that cause a teenager to聽become a grey chicken.聽Some of the factors are broken home聽family, women who became victims of聽child abuse, women聽incest聽victims, besides the temptation of friends who had first become聽grey chicken,
Grey Chicken聽victims are聽vulnerable to HIV / AIDS and become victims of exploitation, mainly by pimps who use their services.
Book review was not only attended by college students, but also high school students around the city of Surabaya.聽A participant from one of the high schools asked a question, “So, what should we do if we have colleagues or close friends 聽who become grey chicken?”
Bagong said not to blame the聽grey chicken聽victims聽 because, each victim has a different background.
In the book review, Bagong also gave criticism to Dolly localization closure by Mayor of Surabaya Tri Rismaharini.聽He said the closing of Dolly by training the sex workers there, giving some capital, then repatriated them to their hometown, not the right solution.聽Closing Dolly requires thorough process and studies.
“Dolly’s localization victim approach should be personal.聽It cannot be generalized.聽Each of them has different social problems, “Bagong said.
Bagong regretted the closure of Dolly this way.聽There will be new undetected locatizations.
In addition to聽Grey Chicken聽published in March 2017 then, Bagong is currently preparing his new book which is originated from his research on聽incest聽victims聽.聽(*)
Author: Binti Q. Masruroh
Editor: Nuri Hermawan
