Analisis Wacana Kritis Objektifikasi Perempuan dalam Buku “Di Balik Kesuksesan Suami Ada Istri Salihah yang Mendampingi”

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This resarch disucusses the critical analysis of women objectification in the book “Di Balik Kesuksesan Suami Ada Istri Salihah yang Mendampingi.” The aims of this research is examining the discourse on women objectification, knowing the position of  object-subject as well as the position of writer-reader, and providing knowledge to the reader that Islam is a friendly religion to women and doesn’t objectify women as in this book. This research uses literature study technique with Sara Mills critical discourse analysis. The author uses a purposive sampling technique, namely selecting books to be studied and using theoretical triangulation as a test of data validity. The result is the “Di Balik Kesuksesan Suami Ada Istri Salihah yang Mendampingi” book objectifies women who are represented by various point, namely using the criteria of salihah ideal wife, domestication of women, women as sexual object, and wives who have no authority for themselves. The “Di Balik Kesuksesan Suami Ada Istri Salihah yang Mendampingi” places women as objects and men as subjects, also the author has an important role in placing object-subject position and position of the reader. Although in this study was concluded that the author objectified women, in reality Islam is not a religion that objectifies women as stated in the book. This is indicated by the criticism that fight for human values such as recognition of women’s sexual rights, Islam is a religion that opposes violence, and Islam contains the values of equality.