Gender Inequality towards Women in Novel Ikhtilas by Hani Naqshabandi

This study discusses gender injustice against women in the novel Ikhtilas by Hani Naqshabandi. This novel tells the story of the lives of women in Saudi Arabia, both when they were before marriage to when they were married. This study uses the theory of gender injustice by Mansour Fakih, he divided the forms of gender injustice into five parts, namely marginalization, subordination, stereotyping, violence, and workload. The purpose of this study is to explain what forms of gender injustice against Saudi Arabian women are in the novel and what forms of injustice are dominant in the novel. The method used is a qualitative method. The results of this study are that there are all five forms of gender injustice by Mansour Fakih in the novel. The dominant forms of gender injustice are subordination, stereotype, and violence. Each of these forms of injustice has five types of cases in the novel. The gender injustice towards women that occurs in this novel is caused by the patriarchal culture that is still inherent in Saudi Arabia.