Amina by Shirley Saad
About the Author
Birthplace: Cairo, Egypt
Summary
The main story Amina is written by Shirley Saad who is from Cairo, Egypt.
Shirley Saad wants readers to reflect. In the story, it is found that not
only in China but also in other countries sons have a special social status
in the community. The problem shown in the story made me classify China in
status of Arabia country although it is a developed country. The importance
of a woman was to give birth to a baby boy for her family. If she fails to
do so her social status would be diminished, be ridiculed by others, and put
under great psychological pressure. The woman is expected to give birth
until she gets a baby boy, apart from the issue of gender equality, why do
women in the twenty-first, century be used as a tool for procreation?
This study is to analyze the patriarchal system and its impact on women through the women characters in Amina by Shirley Saad written in 1992. The theory used is the theory of patriarchy. The patriarchy issue found in the story actually has a lot of impact on women as subordinates due to the social construction that considers women as inferior and men as superior. Because of that reason, men always perceive that they are able to control, dominate, and oppress women.