The intimidations experienced by Jenna related to her role as a

B. Analysis

1. The intimidations experienced by Jenna related to her role as a

housewife in Waitress film. Patriarchy literally means rule by the male head of a social unit legitimate power over others in the social unit, including other especially younger men, all women, and children. However, since the early twentieth century, feminist writers have used the concept to refer to the social system of masculine domination over women. The writer sees Earl behaviors are include as patriarchal characteristics. Earl always asks Jenna to hand over her money that she earned from a long day work time in Joe’s pie diner to him, he will not let Jenna hold her own money herself. See figures 1. Earl : where’s t hat money you made today? Jenna : right here in my pocket Earl : well, now, hand it over. Jenna : not much here, is there? Jenna : slow day you know Earl : yeah, you been having more and more of those Waitress:00:06:12 Those are the dialogue between Earl and Jenna in the car when earl makes Jenna to give him all over her money. In this case, Jenna is reflected as an inferior because she could not reject earl’s demand. This myth of the natural inferiority of women greatly influenced the status of women in law. Under the common law of England, an unmarried woman could own property, make a contract, or sue and be sued. But, married woman, defined as being one with her husband, gave up her name, and virtually all her property came under her husband’s control. During the early history of United States, a man virtually owned his wife and children as he did his material possessions. If a poor man chose to send his children to the poorhouse, the mother was legally defenseless to object. 18 As the writer seen, the similar case happened to Jenna, Earl ask Jenna to not to save any money herself and to not to love the baby more than she loves him. Another that, Earl shows his anger to Jenna if he feels Jenna doesn’t respect him as a husband. Earl will treat Jenna badly, he will shout in to Jenna, and even, he does some physical violence domestic violence. See figures 2. Earl : you didn’t as k me how my day was. Jenna : how was your day? Earl : ask me like you care about it. Jenna : how was your day, earl? Earl : well, you know, Johnson’s on my case again, about the mortgages and everything but i don’ t make the bank policy, I told him that but he doesn’t listen. Jenna : i hate my husband pie.... Earl : you are not listening to me Jenna : yeah, i am Earl : what i say Jenna : you were bitching about Mr. Johnson Earl : what were the exact words i said? Jenna : well, I mean, I can repeat them verbatim.. Earl : you don’t listen to me Hurts my feelings Please just say you are sorry So i can let you out this car so you can make my dinner Jenna : I’m sorry earl for not being able to repeat your words verbatim, something i should be able to do Earl : whenever I need it Jenna : whenever you need it Earl : all right then. Waitress:00:07:12 On the dialogue between Earl and Jenna, we can see that Earl shows his anger to Jenna when Jenna does not hear what he said and cannot repeat it 18 Women’s International Center, Women’s history of America. Accessed on April 22, 2009. http:www.wic.orgmischistory.htm. verbatim, so earl makes Jenna to ask him an apologize for what she did to him. We could correlate this case into Jacques Rousseau work, Emile, he wrote: “ Men and women are made for each other, but their mutual dependence is not equal. We could survive without them than they could survive without us. They are dependent on our feelings, on the rice we put on their merits, on the value we set on their attractions and on their virtues. Thus women’s entire education should be planned in relation to men, to be useful to them, to win their love and respect, to raise them as a children, to care for them as adults, counsel and console them, makes their lives sweet and pleasant.” 19 From the text above, We could clearly see that Rousseau work put women in subordinate position, it mentioned above that “...Women’s entire education should be planned in relation to men, to be useful to them, to win their love and respect, to raise them as a children, to care for them as adults, counsel and console them, makes their lives sweet and pleasant.” This is happened to Jenna, as a wife, Jenna should always respect, love and care about her husband, those are what earl wants from Jenna, Earl wants Jenna treats him in a good way, he will never let Jenna make him angry and feels unpleasant because of her did. Women were long considered naturally weaker than men, squeamish, and unable to perform work requiring muscular or intellectual development. Historically, women’s oppression problem is based on a patriarchal culture that has been internalized in most culture of every country in this world. The patriarchal culture locked our mind, till everybody, even woman herself thinks that men are superior while women are inferior. 19 Susan Alice Watkins, et al. 1999, op. cit. 11. Women are being intimidated; many kind of exploitation can attack women such as sexual harassment, sexual abuse rape, etc, domestic violence, physical violence, etc. This all can happen to women anytime and anywhere since men still give their bad sight over woman and put women position in subordinate position. For feminist researchers, it is men’s violence against women that has especially been the concern. Violence maybe narrowly defined, as in the legal sense of it being the unlawful use of physical force by an individual against others. A broader approach defines violence as behavior which harms others, either physically or emotionally. Violence has been identified as a key mechanism in the subordination of women by men. 20 For example, it happened when Jenna tries to run away, but, unfortunately, earl finds her while she was waiting the bus on a bus stop. See figures 3. Earl : where you going Jenna? Jenna : i-i mean, to work. Earl : then why you got a suitcase? Jenna : groans earl Earl : shut up and get in the car Jenna : sobbing Earl : pie baking contest huh? Jenna : yeah, I was just going to go up there and win and surprise you Earl : no, you’re lying You ain’t never gone to a contest before in your life. Jenna : earl, don’t. Earl : why you lying to me? Jenna : I’m pregnant Earl : when was you goin to tell me? Jenna : after i won the pie contest Earl : well, you ain’t going to no pie contest You know what? You ain’t going nowhere Here’s the thing. Wife - what if you decide to love the baby more than you love me? They have a baby and then it’s to hell with the man 20 Jane pilcher and Imelda whelehan 2004, op. cit. 173. Jenna : you’re jealous of the baby? Earl : no, i don’t get jealous. It’s below me. I’m talking my feelings out and i know how women get and I’m just not sure i want that happening. I’d tell you to get rid of it. As me in the hereafter, if you know what i mean. Maybe, if you promise me that you wouldn’t love the baby more than you love me. You know? That you’d make a real effort to love me more. if i need something you’d taking care of it. You hold on to me more. I come first-not any baby. Well, can you make early that promise? Jenna : I promise Earl : say “I will not love the baby, more than I love you, early.” Jenna : I will not love the baby more than I love you early. How about that? Earl : we’re going to have ourselves a baby. Waitress:00:45:33 At that time, Earl pulls away Jenna to his car hardly, shouts and roughly, beats her face. In the dialogue above we can see that earl emphasizes that Jenna would not go to any contest, it means indirectly earl will not allow Jenna to develop a career in the public sphere. In the past, western women were not recognized to have a better life out of their household affairs. Although some developments have freed women for roles other than motherhood, the cultural pressure for women to become wives and mother still prevents many talented women from finishing college or pursuing career. Another that, something we could find on the dialogue that many times Earl ensure whether Jenna will never love the baby more than she love earl. As what mentioned before, during the early history of United States, a man virtually owned his wife and children as he did his material possessions. If a poor man chose to send his children to the poorhouse, the mother was legally defenseless to object. In this case, as a husband who’s owned his wife has a right to decide anything. Earl wants Jenna to be faithful in her words for not loving the baby too much and as a wife that is belongs to her husband, Jenna was legally defenseless to object. Once again, domestic violence emerges clearly in this film, it occurs when earl found that Jenna save money around the corner of the house. At the time, Jenna was at Dawn wedding. Instantaneous, Earl raging and screaming at Jenna and ask her to get into the car soon.See figures 4. Clattering Music stops Earl : Jenna... I’m very upset with you. I’ ll be waiting in the car. You have 30 seconds to get your ass in gear and join me Thirty seconds Door slams Old Joe : you weren’t exaggerating, your husband is terrible Dawn : Jenna... Earl : no, you don’t say nothing, you don’t say one word, not one wor d. Jenna : earl, that hurts Earl : open the cabinets where the coffee and sugar jars are just open it What is that?Jenna’ what is that?Money. It’s all over the fucking house. In cabinets’ in drawers, under chairs, in closets. Money hidden all over my house. Waitress:01:23:38 The dialogue above shows how means Earl behave toward Jenna. As a husband, He thought all of his will should be respected, and should not deserve treatment like this from Jenna. In addition, we can also infer how tormented Jenna married earl who always wants to win over himself. Words that can be cited from Jenna’s statement such as Earl, that hurts and earl’s statement no, you do not say nothing, you do not say one word, not one word prove how rough earl’s behavior toward Jenna so that hurt Jenna physically and mentally. As a husband who has a full authority and power over his wife, Earl was feeling worth doing it to Jenna for the mistake she did. It can be seen that women have fewer opportunities than men to live free from fear and to enjoy rewarding types of love, especially when, as often happens, they are married without choice in childhood and have no recourse from bad marriage. As a husband who is really freak to control every detail that made by his wife, explicitly, earl also will not allow Jenna to leave the house without his permission, except for working at Joe’s pie diner. Jenna really tries to use her time properly to chat with friends and find some happiness with a coworker, Dawn and Becky. Jenna often shares the grief and pours the entire of her heart to her friends. Those are the things which can only be done by Jenna to overcome the life saturation with earl. Although, Earl allows Jenna to go outside the house by reason of work, Earl will not let Jenna out of the house in a longer period of time outside of her work time, because Earl would pick her up as soon as possible to the place where she works in. The only thing that earl really wants from Jenna is just stay at home to serve him well.  Earl : yeah, you been having more and more of those I’m really not sure it’s worth you working there anymore I think I might have you be at home and making me pies all day long. Waitress:00:06:25 Cal : why doesn’t your damn husband buy you a car already? Jenna : ‘cause he don’t want me goin’ nowhere . Waitress: 00:13:26  Jenna : I’ m thinking i want to borrow some money from you. Earl : and my answer to that is no. Jenna : there is a big pie bake-off in Jonesville in a couple of months. And I’d like to go Earl : and my answer to that of course is no Jenna : prize money is pretty good. Waitress:00:08:10 Earl : fork clatters why do you need money give you everything you need, don’t I? Jenna : absolutely Earl : you want for nothing, don’t you? Jenna : yes earl, i want for nothing Earl : but what’s so im portant about that when you got me to take care of? Jenna : that’s a good point earl. Waitress:00:47:07 From some dialogues above we could take a conclusion that Jenna has never have a freedom to state her will, as a wife, she supposed to always follow her husband, Earl. This has similar correlation to Jean Jacques Rousseau work, Emile, where in his work he told that “…Thus women’s entire education should be planned in relation to men, to be useful to them, to win their love and respect, to raise them as a children, to care for them as adults, counsel and console them, makes their lives sweet and pleasant.” Rousseaus work was born in the Victorian era, when the patriarchal system dominates the whole society. At the time, women were only allowed to stay at home, with all the household affairs, dress up and keep his body stay clean and beautiful and waited for her husbands return from work. As well as with girls, at that time, the children of women more emphasis to learn from what her mother used to do at home, do the things that relate to women in household tasks, such as cooking, sewing, embroidery and prepared to welcome the suitor who wanted to propose. While, in contrast, education is precedence for boys, and boys have the right to taste the formal education outside the home. However, since the early twentieth century, feminist writers have used the concept of patriarchy to refer to the social system of masculine domination over women. For Sylvia Walby, patriarchy is a system of social structures in which men dominate, oppress and exploit women. She divides patriarchy into two types, public and private patriarchy. Private patriarchy is based around the family and the house hold and involves individual men exploiting the labor of individual women. Women are largely confined to the household sphere and have limited participation in public life. In some radical feminist analyses, the institution of family is a key means through which men’s domination is achieved millet 1977. As the embodiment of private patriarchy, a husband who have an authority and power over his wife, earl also used to force Jenna in doing sexual relationship with him, and for whatever reason, Jenna is not entitled to refuse. Earl is always trying to reveal the reasons that make Jenna feel indebted to him like I feed you, I pay for this house and put clothes on your back, so that finally, she did it coercively.  Jenna : I-i feels sick in my stomach. You know, it’s been over a month. I feel about as sexy as a tree stump. Earl : you ain’t never been sexier. I’m imagining it, or are your boobies getting bigger?Like they grew a size practically overnight. Jenna : that’s crazy earl. Earl : i got to be with you or I’ m going to die.Waitress:00:25:95  Earl : why don’t you treat me like a man? Jenna : i don’t feel like it Earl : “i don’t feel like it” Well, what makes you think you have that option, hmm? I feed you. I pay for this house. I put clothes on your back. Come on; just do what i tell you. I won’t get too mad Jenna : Earl that hurts, come on. Waitress:01:09:36 In the dialog above, we can quote Jenna’s statement that she was sick and hurt, but that did not prevent Earl intention to perform sexual relationship with her see figures 5. Jenna is domestically abuse by a form of spousal rape a rape between a married or de facto couple, because there was coercion in it. In radical feminist accounts of patriarchy, the control men have over women’s bodies is regarded as important. In other radical feminist analyses, it is masculine control over women’s bodies through sexuality or male violence in the form of rape that is regarded as being of central importance Rich 1980: Brown Miller: 1976.

2. Feminist ideas in Jenna’s character