Women's Ambivalence in the Urban Center; Between Career and Housewife

Women are creatures created by God just like Adam. In the debate on the history of human creation, women often get second place value after men. Both from the division of labor, decision making to other rights. As for living in the middle of the city, women at the age of growing up to households have a variety of choices and are confronted with existing social facts and social phenomena. This paper discusses women in the context of their actions as pre-married and post-married women experiencing the ambivalence of life in urban centers, how they make life decisions in organizing households, society and becoming individuals for their own rights. Using the analytical knife of women's fiqh, interpretation of verses about women and several references from the classical books of Muslim scholars, showing the extent to which women are present in devoting themselves. Using James S. Coleman's "rational choice" theory, and this paper is a case study using qualitative methodology through extracting data through direct interviews (deep interviews).