‘A diploma and a descendant!’ Premarital sexuality, education and politics among Dani university students in North Sulawesi, Indonesia

摘要: In Indonesia, the notion of ‘study first’ (kuliah dulu) pressures young adults to refrain from sex and delay marriage until they finish tertiary education. Recent scholarship has viewed choices abstain as evidence potency values modernisation, Islamic culture contemporary importance moral social order. By looking at how Dani university students Papua, country's easternmost province, view premarital pregnancy while studying in North Sulawesi, this article shows that regulation reproductive educational aspirations invokes defensive reactions among indigenous men women experiencing stigma discrimination local Indonesians. Qualitative interview results case studies offer insights into ways respond racial with a political interpretation sexuality by arguing education achievements make vital contributions agendas....