Portrait of Women as Victims of Male Violence In Kompas Selected Short Stories during the Reformation Era By Harris Effendi Thahar 1 , Nursaid 2 , dan Mohammad Isa Gautama 3 {harrispadang@fbs.unp.ac.id 1 } 1,2,3 Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia Abstract. This study aimed to reveal the form of violence against women by men in Kompas selected short stories published in reformation era, particularly related to patriarchal culture. This study applied qualitative methods and feminist literary approaches. The short stories analyzed were ‘Liang’ by Indra Tranggono (2004), ‘Dua Wanita Cantik’ by Jujur Prananto (2004), ‘Ripin’ by Ugoran Prasad (2005), ‘Suatu hari, Ada Ibu and Radian’ (2009), and ‘Sonya Rury’ by Indra Tranggono (2010). The research findings proved that female characters are victims of violence by men both as husbands and lovers. Forms of violence consist of direct violence and indirect violence. The violence occurs mainly caused by the presence of patriarchal issues and economic factors. The violence affects the destruction of future life as happens to Ripin whose the life was miserable, Wasti who raised four children without knowing who the father of each child wss, Radian’s mother character who managed to escape along with Radian for killing Radian's father, Sonya who ended his life, and Meta who was going to experience her mother’s fate, becoming a widow without getting married. Keywords: violence, women, Kompas short stories, feminist literature. 1. Introduction Violence acts reported by media to this day are still dominated by violence against women. In fact, according to Komnas Perempuan (National Women’s Commission) violence against women increased by 14% in 2018 compared to the previous year [1] . There were 348,446 cases of violence against women during 2018, both those reported and those handled by Komnas Perempuan. Violence against women is also dominated by sexual violence. Mass media are never lacking news about violence. The violence allegedly becomes part of a daily event, particularly in big cities that are indeed vulnerable to social conflicts. Perpetrators of violence are possibly anyone without distinguishing social, ethnic, or religious status. On the contrary, the acts of violence that occurred during the New Order government were generally carried out by the government and its allies, specifically the military. This was revealed from the results of the author's dissertation (Thahar, 2007 at.all) through the research on Kompas selected short stories during the New Order government which reflects this violence [2] . A Short story is one of the literary genres that have been written in the country and published on newspaper since the 1980s. As a literary work, short stories are expressions of authors written in the form of stories and inevitably a reflection of the author's own life as well. From the perspective of the Sociology of Literature (Ratna, 2004), literary works (novels, short stories, poetry, and drama) are representations of social situations at certain times and places. ICLLE 2019, July 19-20, Padang, Indonesia Copyright © 2019 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.19-7-2019.2289501