Sexual Politics of Princess Peach on The Super Mario Bros (2023): Feminism Studies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61672/eji.v9i2.2966Keywords:
Sexual Politics, Kate Millet, Feminism, PatriarchyAbstract
After the successes of the video game, the franchise of The Super Mario Bros got an animated movie in 2023. The story of the brothers of Mario and Luigi who are transported to a magical world where their adventure starts. Beyond that, Princess Peach as a female lead character, she’s portrayed as a brave princess who protects her kingdom. This research aims to investigate Princess Peach based on her struggle as a leader of her kingdom through the lens of feminist theory. The research uses qualitative method and the theory of sexual politics by Kate Millet. The result of the research shows that Princess Peach conducts three of seven key points of sexual politics which are Ideological (3), Biological (3), and Force (1). Even though she’s under the shackles of patriarchy, she keeps fighting to protect her kingdom and her mushroom troops and despite of her feminine appearance, she can fight and protect herself from wickedness which makes her as an androgyny person, the person who embodies masculinity and femineity.
References
Akhtar, F., & Rasul, A. (2025). Empowering women on screen: exploring the influence of female protagonists on contemporary culture and gendered enjoyment in film. Cogent Arts and Humanities, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2024.2444762
Arby, S. P., Rahayu, L. M., & Mulyadi, R. M. (2022). Negosiasi Wacana Femininitas Melalui Film-Film Animasi Putri Disney. Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, 12(2), 136. https://doi.org/10.17510/paradigma.v12i2.609
Bahy, S. Al, & Tjahjono, T. (2022). Belenggu Patriarki Tokoh Utama Dalam Film Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak Karya Mouly Surya (Kajian Feminisme Radikal Kate Millett). Bapala, 9(10), 73–89.
Campmajó, M. B. (2020). Forced marriages in Europe: A form of gender-based violence and violation of human rights. Age of Human Rights Journal, 14(June), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.17561/tahrj.v14.5474
Deng, X., Lin, B., & Xu, C. (2022). A Remark of Feminism -- Based on the Analysis of Film and TV Works in Different Times. Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022), 670(Mhehd), 291–297. https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220704.053
Fahmi Wahyuningsih, D., & Sofranitas, B. D. (2015). (Perspektif Feminisme Radikal-Libertarian) Beauty Dewi Sofranita. Identitaet, 4(2), 1–8. http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/a-537317.html
Fajri, R. A., & Kirana, A. W. (2020). Pandangan Feminisme Dalam Lagu Dear Future Husband Oleh Meghan Trainor. Etnolingual, 4(2), 104–125. https://doi.org/10.20473/etno.v4i2.23129
Hamdani, H. (2021). Politik Seksual Perspektif Kate Millet Dalam Kumpulan Cerita Pendek Kitab Kawin Karya Laksmi Pamuntjak. Eprints. Upjb.
Harahap, N. H. P. (2022). PEREMPUAN DAN BUDAYA PATRIARKI WOMEN AND PATRIARCHAL CULTURE. Prosiding Seminar Nasional PSSH …, 1, 1–8. http://jurnal.semnaspssh.com/index.php/pssh/article/view/32
Johansson, M., & Svender, J. (2025). Of course you should fight with a girl! Doing gender in the inclusion work of budo and martial arts sport clubs. Sport, Education and Society, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2024.2447470
Khamadi, K. (2015). Analisis Tampilan Visual Game Super Mario Bros dalam Kajian Persepsi Visual Sebagai Dasar Pengembangan Konsep Visual Game. ANDHARUPA: Jurnal Desain Komunikasi Visual & Multimedia, 1(02), 98–109. https://doi.org/10.33633/andharupa.v1i02.995
Khelghat-Doost, H., & Sibly, S. (2020). The Impact of Patriarchy on Women’s Political Participation. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.6007/ijarbss/v10-i3/7058
Millett, K. (1970). The theory of sexual politics. In Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology (pp. 124–127). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315840154-30
Pan, A., & Chadwick, S. (2020). Non-Traditional Women in Video Games: Playing with Female Characters’ Gender Presentation. 14.
Parveen, F., REHMAN, A., Hashmi, D. N., & Mughal, U. A. (2019). Perception About Self Defense and Women Training for Self Protection. Semantic Scholar, 1–7. https://www.authorea.com/doi/full/10.31124/advance.9830699.v1?commit=271ceb3ecabf47a731f3a1788dcda019c8038794
Safrudin, R., Zulfamanna, Kustati, M., & Sepriyanti, N. (2023). Penelitian Kualitatif. Journal Of Social Science Research, 3(2), 1–15.
Sari, N. A. R. P. P. (2025). FEMINISME RADIKAL DALAM KUMPULAN CERPEN CERITA PENDEK TENTANG CERITA CINTA PENDEK KARYA DJENAR MAESA AYU. Jurnal Metalanguage, 2, 1–15. http://jurnal.ikipwidyadarmasurabaya.ac.id/index.php/met alanguage/login
Sirloin. (2019). What happen What happens when Mario rescues Peach in the first Level? https://youtu.be/RDp4o4_sx08
Surayya, L. (2023). Peran Animasi Sebagai Tontonan Anak Dalam Membentuk Identitas Gender. Jurnal Citra Pendidikan, 3(3), 1147–1165. https://doi.org/10.38048/jcp.v3i3.1287
Urimiana Yolanda Christin, Joyo Nur Suryanto Gono, S. (2024). REPRESENTASI PEREMPUAN MASKULIN DALAM FILM MENCURI RADEN SALEH KARYA ANGGA DWIMAS SASONGKO. E-Journal Undip, 6.
Vera Sukma Maghfirah, & Alex Sobur. (2023). Perlawanan Kaum Perempuan terhadap Dominasi Patriarki dalam Novel. Jurnal Riset Jurnalistik Dan Media Digital, 105–112. https://doi.org/10.29313/jrjmd.v3i2.2705
Yunisa, A., Ilham, B. N., Nurhayati, I. Z., & Adinda, T. (2024). Dampak Stereotip Gender terhadap Peluang Kepemimpinan Perempuan. 8, 46166–46173.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Indira Khofifah
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
