Abstract:
The study aims to study communication strategies which female members of the house of representatives use to gain acceptance in their political roles and duties. Factors influencing acceptance-gaining are also studied. This research is a survey research, using documentary research method, and interview with questionaires to collect data from 5 female members and 4 male members of the house of representatives. The following results are found: Communication strategies which female members of the House of Representatives use to gain acceptance in their political roles and duties are: giving rational presentation, being effective speakers and listeners, performing appropriate behaviors in each context, etc. For the House of Representatives meeting, main communication strategies are: reflecting clearly the problems being presented, proposing issues of public interest, etc. As a member of Parliament committee, female members of the House of Representatives try to learn more political work, building good relationships with concerned offices and professionals. Regarding the roles outside the House of Representatives, female members of the House of Representatives consistently visit, especially by entering door-to-door, and are friendly to their people. Rapid coordination and using their political power to make coordination smoother is also important. Towards solving children's and women's problems, female members of the House of Representatives will join in group and expand the policy to international organizations. As a party member, female members show their sincerity, ideology as well as their leadership. Beyond these formal work, female members still keep their credibility, and understanding in their assignment, while keeping their intimacy with regular civilian colleagues and concerned organizations. The factors influencing the acceptance on female members of the House of Representatives can be divided into 2 categories; internal factors and external factors. The most three important internal factors are female members' personality, speaking ability and methods, and personal background. For the external factors, the female members of the House of Represenattives give importance to the party they belong to whereas the male members focus on democracy. Moreover, it is found that the women's right movement, mass media accessibility, and social changes, all of which accept "ability" more than "sexuality", are important factors which encourage acceptance of women's competence.