Representation of Women's Inequality in the Book Entitled “Cerita Pendek Tentang Cerita Cinta Pendek” by Djenar Maesa Ayu

摘要

The injustice issues which happen to women in Indonesia is a common problem. It includes rape, sexual harassment, and gender inequality. Ayu brings out the issues of feminism and the injustice of women's rights in her books. The result shows that there are a lot of the representations of injustice women's right because the patriarchy system dominated the relationship between men and women, it can be said that the feminist movement or resistance is relatively passive and fails in the stories. There is a gap between superior and inferior, it also pointed out most men might stand still holding the honor instead of women in gender inequality issues.