ENLIT
Vol 2 No 1 (2022): ENLIT

The Struggle of Woman Emancipation in the Movie “On The Basis Of Sex”: A Feminist Criticism

Maftuchah Dwi Agustina (Universitas Nasional)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Aug 2022

Abstract

As stated in the theory of reception that literature including movie is a reflection of real world, this research tried to unveil social phenomenon within movie entitled “On the Basis of Sex”. In order to conduct the analysis, Marxist feminism is used as a theory. The method used in the study was descriptive qualitative method in which the movie script is the main source of the data. The result of the study showed that women did the struggle against discrimination and domination of patriarchy in some aspects, such as job and occupation, law, social environment, and cultural structure. This is a very interesting movie that brings the issue of discrimination, oppression, localization, commoditization and also the struggle to get rid of them and to establish women emancipation. The movie succeeded in portraying those social problems. The viewers of the movie could be aware of those issues. Men should be aware that they have to look at women equally. Furthermore, women also have to struggle for their right. Women should be independent. Ruth is the best example of how women should do. We have to fight against anything to establish women emancipation, even we have to fight the laws that are discriminative.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

enlit

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Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

ENLIT is a scholarly journal that provides a platform for researchers and scholars in the fields of English teaching and education, English literature, and linguistics to publish their work. The journal aims to promote research that contributes to the advancement of knowledge in these areas. In the ...