Ajo Kawir’s Toxic Masculinity Behaviors in Vengeance is Mine, All Other Pay Cash Novel
Keywords:
Ajo Kawir, Toxic Masculinity Behavior, Vengeance is Mine All Other Pay CashAbstract
Toxic masculinity has been a highly contentious subject in recent years due to the damaging conventional male standards that are placed on men. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to analyze the representation of toxic masculinity behavior by Ajo Kawir. A qualitative method is used for analyzing the data collected from Vengeance is Mine, All Other Pay Cash Novel. The qualitative method is applied to clearly describe the data according to The Man Box Theory: seven pillars of being men proposed by Heilman et al. (2017). The result of this research shows that there are four toxic masculine behaviors of Ajo Kawir depicted in the novel. Those pillars are 1) self-sufficiency 2) physical attractiveness 3) hyper-sexuality 4) power, aggression and control. This study aims to enrich the literary discourse, with a particular focus on the discourse of toxic masculinity. It also aims to inspire a redefinition of masculinity by encouraging the adoption of values such as compassion, kindness, love, mutual respect, and consent by moving away from rigid traditional norms.
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