Women’s Dissatisfaction toward their Own Bodies in Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (2020)

Fitri, Rahma Annisa (2023) Women’s Dissatisfaction toward their Own Bodies in Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami (2020). Skripsi thesis, Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni.

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Abstract

Body dissatisfaction is a condition that is often experienced by humans, especially women. Body dissatisfaction is a condition in which people have negative perceptions, feelings, and thoughts about their own appearance. This condition is influenced by beauty standards set by society which in some places, are dominated by patriarchal culture. This research is descriptive qualitative that tries to analyze the portrayal of body dissatisfaction and the influence of patriarchy on the creation of beauty standards in the novel through feminist lens. The data of this research were collected by reading and citing several quotations concerning the topic of this research. This research indicates that the novel shows three aspects of body dissatisfaction which are: negative self perception of body shape, negative comparative perception of body image, and negative attitude concerning body image alteration experienced by some of the female characters. This research also indicates that patriarchal culture influences the creation of beauty standards through two things. The first one is through the media that promotes women in sexy figure. The second one is in the work place in which the men prefer Jiang Li with youthful appearance rather than Suzuka who is talented. In conclusion, Body dissatisfaction that is experienced commonly by women cannot be separated from the beauty standard created by patriarchal culture.

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