THE REPRESENTATIONS OF TOXIC MASCULINITY IN THINGS FALL APART (1959)
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https://doi.org/10.14421/ajbs.2025.090201Kata Kunci:
peran gender, maskulinitas, konstruksi sosial, maskulinitas-toksik, misoginiAbstrak
Maskulinitas toksik mengacu pada perilaku dan sifat maskulin tertentu yang dapat berdampak negatif pada pria dan orang-orang di sekitar mereka. Studi ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi konsep maskulinitas, bentuk, penyebab, dan dampak toxic masculinity pada tokoh utama, Okonkwo, dan orang-orang di sekitarnya dalam novel Things Fall Apart karya Chinua Achebe berdasarkan teori Connell, yaitu maskulinitas hegemonik. Studi kualitatif ini menggunakan metode analisis teks dan pendekatan pembacaan mendalam. Data utama penelitian ini diambil dari novel Things Fall Apart. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam budaya Igbo, maskulinitas ditentukan oleh peran pria sebagai pemimpin utama dan pengambil keputusan dalam unit keluarga. Okonkwo menunjukkan beberapa bentuk maskulinitas toksik, termasuk kekerasan fisik, dominasi terhadap wanita, misogini, paksaan, dan pembunuhan. Berbagai faktor, seperti keluarga yang disfungsional, paparan terhadap kekerasan, penolakan oleh teman sebaya, perundungan, ketakutan akan kelemahan, dan ketakutan akan kegagalan memengaruhi perilaku Okonkwo. Akibatnya, ia menderita depresi, kecemasan, dan dorongan untuk melakukan kekerasan, yang membuatnya menjadi agresif terhadap orang-orang di sekitarnya, dan pada akhirnya, hal ini berujung pada tindakan bunuh diri.
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