Research Article
Kavanaugh vs Ford: Gender Politics in the Hearing of Sexual Assault Allegation Case
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.6-11-2019.2297274, author={Triana Budi Utami and Muhammad Fuad}, title={Kavanaugh vs Ford: Gender Politics in the Hearing of Sexual Assault Allegation Case}, proceedings={Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Strategic and Global Studies, ICSGS 2019, 6-7 November 2019, Sari Pacific, Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICSGS}, year={2020}, month={11}, keywords={sexual assault christine ford brett kavanaugh sexual politics gender politics}, doi={10.4108/eai.6-11-2019.2297274} }- Triana Budi Utami
Muhammad Fuad
Year: 2020
Kavanaugh vs Ford: Gender Politics in the Hearing of Sexual Assault Allegation Case
ICSGS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.6-11-2019.2297274
Abstract
Sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford has become the United States’ important issue in September 2018. The complaint arose coincided with Kavanaugh’s nomination as one of the United States Supreme Court Justice, and it sparked debate between the left and right-wing political parties. Apart from the many support, Ford gets from the feminist and liberal groups. The allegation was eventually dismissed by the White House due to Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court Justice on October 8, 2018. This paper will analyze both Kavanaugh and Ford’s politic gender strategy in the allegation hearing on September 26, 2018. This paper uses Sexual Politic by Kate Millet as a theoretical framework and thematic analysis as the research method. The result shows that either Kavanaugh or Ford experience the same disadvantages, and none of them experience any victories by this case