GENDER INEQUALITY ANALYSIS IN ALICE MUNRO’S BOYS AND GIRLS: AS A FEMINISM STUDY

Abstract

This research focuses on feminist studies. It is aimed to find out the causes of gender inequality experienced by the girl character and explain the impact of gender inequality on the girl character. This study is based on the theory of Liberal Feminism by Mary Wollstonecraft. This theory explains that men and women should be treated equally as human beings. The result showed that the girl character experienced gender inequality in her family. The data of this study was taken from the short story, especially from the narrative and point of view of the girl character. The causes of gender inequality and the impact of gender inequality on the girl character were discussed in the analysis of the Boys and Girls short story. The finding concluded that this short story is about a girl who experiences inequality in her family.

Keywords: Gender Inequality, Feminism Study, Gender Inequality in Family.