The Resistance of Women towards Sexual Terrorism in Eve Enslers The Vagina Monologues

Laurencya Hellene Larasati Ruruk(1*), Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani(2),

(1) Universitas Sanata Dharma
(2) Universitas Sanata Dharma
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


In this present time, women are still oppressed and considered as the inferior class to men. One of the literary works containing the evidence is The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. The monologues inside it share the experiences of various women who have been physically, mentally, and sexually terrorized. From those experiences of the women in the monologues, this study tries to identify the sexual terrorism that is experienced by each woman in each monologue, and at the same time, tries to examine the resistance of the women towards the sexual terrorism.
Men use sexual terrorism as a tool to control womens autonomy over their own body, sexuality, and reproduction. It occurs to any woman in any situation. Sexual terrorism is there to keep women in the subordinate position. The awareness of the women towards the sexual terrorism triggers their resistance towards it. Each woman experiences different situation of sexual terrorism, therefore their ways of resisting the terror are also varied. Feminism approach is used in this study in order to see the accurate analysis of the condition of the woman in each monologue.


Keywords: sexual terrorism, women, resistance


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Ensler, Eve. The Vagina Monologues Tenth Anniversary Edition. New York: Villard Books, 2008. Print.

Eve Ensler. http://www.eveensler.org/ about-eve. Web. 28 June 2014.

Madsen, Debora L. Feminist Theory and Literary Practice. London: Pluto Press, 2000. Print.

Sheffield, Carole J. Sexual Terrorism in Women: A Feminist Perspective Third Edition. ed. Jo Freeman. Mountain View: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1984. Print.

Vinthagen, Stellan. Understanding Resistance: Exploring Definitions, Perspectives, Form, and Implications.

http://www.resistancestudies.org/files/VinthagenResistance.pdf. Web. 21 May 2014.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v15i1.372

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