The Domination of The Male Character Towards The Female Character in Danielle Steel’s Journey

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In the patriarchal system men and women are different human which men
dominate women. Men are considered as superior and women inferior. The
purpose of this study is to find out the patriarchy system portrayed in Danielle
Steel’s Journey which occurred by Male’s domination from the male character
towards the female character in the story. The kind of domination is through
verbal abuse and sexual violence and the effect of patriarchy towards the female
character.
This study uses patriarchy theory. In patriarchy system, men dominate
women. They do not have freedom of their right. Men become the superior and
women as inferior. Jack portrayed the patriarchy system from the attitude towards
Maddy that he always takes control of Maddy’s life. To analyze this data, this
study uses qualitative study whereas the data from the character’s utterance and
the author narration which is focuses on the male domination of Jack as the main
character.
The result of this study found the male domination by Jack through the
sexual violence and verbal abuse, such as controlling, insulting, demeaning,
isolating and threatening. Then, the effects of male domination to female character
are mental pressure, such as confusing, fearing and self-blaming and also the
action from Maddy to leave Jack.
Keywords: Patriarchy, Male Domination, Violence