Women’s Resistance towards the Patriarchal Culture System in Geni Jora Novel by Abidah EL Khalieqy and Jalan Bandungan by NH.Dini

The patriarchal culture system that has rooted in Indonesia makes the women marginalized in every aspect of life. Women in Indonesia have long resisted the patriarchal culture. The resistance of women is reflected in literature. The purpose of this study was to describe the forms of women’s resistance to the patriarchal culture in the novel system Geni Jora by Abidah El Khalieqy and Jalan Bandungan by NH. Dini. This research data were in the form of sentences, dialogue, monologue, and the expose of the narrator the stating the female forms of resistance against the patriarchal culture systems in both the novel. Based on the analysis of data, the opposition can be seen in various forms, among them the struggle for equal rights in the field of education, fighting for equal rights in the economic field, fighting for freedom of doing things or issuing opinions that are considered taboo by women, and fighting for freedom to make choices.