THE STRUGGLE FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN RIDLEY SCOTT’S FILM G.I JANE: AN AMAZON FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE

• Main Author: Kristanti , Anis
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/10881/
• Summary: This research paper elaborates the struggle for gender equality in Ridley Scott’s film G.I Jane, which is analyzed through Amazon Feminism perspective. The objectives of the writer are to analyze the structural elements of the film and to analyze the film based on Amazon Feminism perspective. This research belongs to a qualitative research. The primary data of the research is the film entitled G.I JANE and its screenplay, while the secondary data is some books related to the perspective and Internet websites. The method of collecting data in the research is library research by watching the film, summarizing, paraphrasing and documenting the data. The technique of data analysis is descriptive analysis. Having analyzed the film, the writer draws conclusion as follows: first, the struggle for gender equality in G.I JANE are mostly found in the characters drawn by Ridley Scott. This film contains with the contemporary issues among feminist. Second, through G.I JANE, Ridley Scott presents a strong theme that is women get discrimination in military. The theme is as the upshot of the rules forbidding female involvement in combat unit battalion. Third, through G.I JANE, the audience can see that there is much sex discrimination towards women in military. They get a lot of sexual abuses and deferential treatment because women are seen as inferior soldier.