Intimate Partner Violence in Maid Series
Praktik kekerasan, khususnya terhadap perempuan, masih tetap ada, seperti yang bisa diungkap melalui serial Maid. Studi ini membahas kekerasan yang tercermin dalam serial tersebut, yang melalui jenis-jenis kekerasannya dijelaskan secara rinci. Slabert dan Green melakukan penelitian tentang kekerasan dalam rumah tangga yang dialami perempuan dan menjelaskan gagasan kekerasan pasangan intim dalam empat bentuk: kekerasan fisik, pelecehan psikologis, pelecehan seksual, dan pelecehan ekonomi. Penelitian lebih lanjut di IPV memperkuat konsep untuk studi lebih lanjut. Dengan studi pustaka sebagaimetodologi penelitian yang diterapkan, data diambil dari semua dialog antar tokoh. Beberapa fakta ditemukan dari serial tersebut bahwa ada tiga bentuk kekerasan yang diterima pasangan tersebut, yaitu: kekerasan fisik yang terlihat pada lebam setelah suamiDanielle mencekiknya, dan Paula, ibu Alex, mengalami lebam dan hidung berdarah saat Alex masih kecil; pelecehan psikologis yang dialami tokoh perempuan karena pasangannya sering melakukan kekerasan terhadap dirinya; dan kekerasan ekonomi dilakukan dalam bentuk penguasaan hampir semua kegiatan yang mengarah pada bisnis ekonomi, seperti pendapatan, pengeluaran, informasi perbankan, utang, dan pinjaman.
The practice of violence, especially toward women, still exists, as could be revealed through the Maid series. This study discussed the violence reflected in the series, which through its kinds of violence is clarified in detail. Slabert and Green conducted research on domestic violence experienced by women and explain the idea of intimate partner violence in four forms: physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, and economic abuse. Further research in IPV strengthens the concept for further studies. Having a literature review as the research methodology applied, the data was taken from all the dialogues between the characters. Several facts were found from the series that there were three forms of violence received by the couple, namely: physical violence that was seen in the bruises after Danielle's husband strangled her, and Paula, Alex's mother, had bruises and a bleeding nose when Alex was a child; psychological abuse experienced by female characters because their partners often commit violence against them; and economic violence is carried out in the form of controlling almost all activities that lead to economic business, such as income, expenses, banking information, debt, and loans.