Abstract
This study was conducted to discover the discriminations against women in the Bekisar Merah novel and how they formulate resistance to those discriminations. To address the above objective, this study used descriptive qualitative research design with a feminism approach. Source of the data in this study was the second edition of Bekisar Merah novel written by Ahmad Tohari. The data included were words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs on Bekisar Merah which portray womens discrimination toward Lasi, the women figure in the novel, and power types formulated by her who resisted the discrimination. To analyze the data, content analysis was applied. Triangulation was used to ensure the trustworthiness of the data. The result of the study showed eight forms of discriminations and three resistances. The discriminations were domestic abuse, molestation, gender harassment, seduction behavior, imposition, coercion, bribery, and subordination. The resistances were physically, mentally, and verbally.
Highlights
Literary work is the way to extend the idea of the writer about the dynamic activities of human life
The idea of writing a literary work starts by perceiving human life which led to restlessness
Many problems usually emerge in human life that it becomes interesting to be represented by literary works
Summary
Literary work is the way to extend the idea of the writer about the dynamic activities of human life. The idea of writing a literary work starts by perceiving human life which led to restlessness. The restlessness usually brings a writer to think and create a new world in form of literary works. Many problems usually emerge in human life that it becomes interesting to be represented by literary works. Women are isolated in domestic works while men are in some productive ones. This understanding creates what we know as patriarchy culture which puts man as a superior being and brings women to be subordinated and to be treated in incorrect ways, such as violence
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