MAN DOMINATION AND DOMESTIK VIOLENCE DESCRIBED IN SWEAT BY ZORA NEALE HURSTON – YOGI ARIO SETIAWAN & AGNES WIDYANINGRUM – DBB V15 N1 JANUARI 2020 67 MAN DOMINATION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DESCRIBED IN SWEAT BY ZORA NEALE HURSTON Yogi Ario Setiawan 1 , Agnes Widyaningrum 2 Faculty of Language and Cultural Studies, Stikubank University email: yogiariosetiawan@gmail.com 1 , agneswidyaningrum@edu.unisbank.ac.id 2 ABSTRACT This study is a descriptive qualitative study, focused in discussing the domestic violence and man domination that are potrayed in Zora Neale Hurston “Sweat” in 1926. This story presents a woman who is trapped in a bad marriage. This story has protagonist character and antagonist character. The woman in this story is protagonist, and the man is antagonist. The woman becomes victim of domestic violence. She has to struggle to provide her living. As a part of feminism study, the researcher uses feminism approach. It focuses on the explanation on how the character gets violence using Simone de Beauvoir theory “The Second Sex” (1949) which is applied to analyze this research paper. The aim of this research is to analyze the problem of domestic violence towards woman. The researcher shows the domestic violence happened in that era, and men are dominant because of the social construct build to make men are powerful. Domestic violence and man domination in the early 20 th century can truly be seen in Zora Neale Hurston story. Keywords: Domestic Violence, Man domination, Feminism, Sweat, The Second Sex 1. INTRODUCTION Violence against women still becomes a crucial case that never ends, from sexual harassment to domestic violence. Feminist movements and the foundation of the women protection began to appear in harmony with many cases occurred, for example in married life, the violence against couples still occurred, that led to physical injuries, psychological disorders, and divorce. According to Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domestic Violence, or abbreviated as ACESDV: “Domestic violence is not physical violence alone. Domestic violence is any behavior which power of control over a spouse, partner, girl or boyfriend or intimate family member”. (It is accessed on October, 15 2018 from https://acesdv.org/domestic-violence-graphics/) Based on actual data, more than one-third of women in the United States (35,6% or approximately 42,4 million) have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. These data are taken according to a survey of NISVS, National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS, 2010:39). Based on the data, more women become the victims. Such violent treatment can make the victim is unable to perform daily activities with calmly, because they imagine the fear. Concerning to this conditions, some writers create works reflected on domestic violence and domination of men. Most of their works are the invitation to resist patriarchy