Do Indonesian EFL Textbooks Represent Equality for Men and Women?

The present study attempts to examine the equal representations of males and females in the EFL textbooks as it is being suggested by Indonesian Education and Culture Ministry Bill Number 81 A Year 2013 that “kurikulum diarahkan kepada pengembangan sikap dan perilaku yang berkeadilan dengan memperhatikan kesetaraan gender” (the curriculum should meet be directed into the manner development and fair attitude with the emphasis on gender equality). Researchers attempt to achieve this by examining three English textbooks. This study uses descriptive method in picturing the content of textbook and explaining the gender equality representation of textbook. The analysis is based on five experts’ checklist namely Cohen and Manion (1992), Dominiguez (1992), Ching (2014), Porreca (1984) and Stockdale (2006) for the language items dimensions. The data are collected by identifying the content of textbook with criteria dimensions on the gender representation textbook evaluation checklist. The findings from the evaluation indicate that gender representation in the textbooks are unequal that might due to the culture and country development level which enriched the discussions.