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A Feminist Study: Marital Rape Found in

Perempuan Kembang Jepun by Lan Fang
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan

Lazuardina Astari
112010065

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
4
201
2014

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ASTARI 1

A Feminist Study : Marital Rape Found in

Perempuan Kembang Jepun by Lan Fang
Lazuardina Astari
“My heart carries too many hidden tears.” (Matsumi)
“I have suffered too long and no longer weep. Time has silenced my voice.” (Lestari)


Abstract
This study analyzes Perempuan Kembang Jepun by Lan Fang, and draws on the
feminist theory of two radical feminists, Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon
who focus on pornography issues. According to Dworkin and MacKinnon, there are
many kinds of ponography issues, such as sexual assault, sexual harrasment, rape, etc.
This study reveals issues of marital rape which happen in Sujono’s family where
women characters are raped and objectified by men characters, as rape and objectified
which are still parts of pornography. The results of this study come up with the
meaning why marital rapes happen in the story and the possible causes of rapes.

Keywords: feminism, feminist, radical feminism, dworkin, mackinnon, sexual

objectification, marital rape, perempuan kembang jepun.