Patriarchal System in Aborigine Women in James Tucker's The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh

Rina Marliana, Burhanuddin Arafah, Herawaty

Abstract: In many society in the world, women in society always put in the second class. Patriarchy is a system in society that put women as inferior than men. The aim of this study is to find out the patriarchy system in women Aborigine as illustrated in The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh by James Tucker. This study is descriptive qualitative, the researcher conducted the library research, The researcher uses the sociology of literature approach by Laurenson and Swingenwood in order to find out the patriarchy system in women Aborigine. This study resulted the factor of women oppression in patriarchy system in Aboriginal community.

Keywords: Aborigine, Australia, Patriarchy, Women oppression