Untouchable: The Portrayal of A Woman's Struggle as Victims of Domestic Violence

Abstract

Domestic violence or abuse can happen with anyone, anywhere and anytime. Most of the cases happen to women and children as the victims who experienced domestic violence either physical or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. These happen because of differences between men and women, a patriarchal about the control of sexual and society that cause domestic violence. Radical feminist views as patriarchy above societal rights, sex, privilege, and power which oppressing women. This thesis is a short story about family matters that experienced domestic violence. The main character is a victim of domestic violence done by her father. Riana Amanda portrays a person who is tough, strong, and passionate in front of many people, she also doesn't like men in this context, she doesn't think about getting married. But behind that, Riana lives a traumatic life because she was a victim of domestic violence when she was a child by her father. Then, she has to experience a bitter experience when her father returned from prison, Riana was abused and asked her some money by her father when she had to do it to reveal herself. Farel Prasetya appeared in her life to help solve Riana's perspective on men. To support this thesis, the writer will use the movie Raksasa dari Jogja by Monty Tiwa and several story articles about domestic violence. As a result, it is hoped that readers can prevent domestic violence against women and children, then decrease the number of cases of domestic violence in Indonesia or worldwide. The readers also can express their women’s rights and movements.