Women have difficulty in achieving their rights

As an example of an event, there is a woman who wants to be able to hang out in coffee shops or cafes with free time, she then hangs out and goes home late at night.

She feels that the statement that women should not go out at night is not regulated in any regulation, therefore she wants to achieve freedom and then prove that women going out at night should not be labeled as naughty women or behaving badly. When heading home, there was a group of men hanging out on the side of the road, she received cat calling behavior from the group of men, the clothes worn by the woman could be said to be closed, even if they were not closed, it is their right to determine fashion for themselves without the intervention of any party. In short, she was raped and from here who is to blame? Surely everyone agrees that the men are to blame.

In reality, not a few state and blame that the woman is at fault, even though whatever she does when it does not violate the rules and rights of others is permissible to do. From a security perspective, it cannot be guaranteed that women going out and returning at night can obtain their safety rights.

The rule of law is very necessary to uphold for the sake of a safe life for women, eliminating discrimination that women are not sexual objects, but they are human beings whose rights must be fulfilled and guaranteed.

The effect of masculinity, men find it difficult to become victims

In general, women are often the target of harassment or sexual violence. Due to social construction, women are often in an inferior or second-class position and are often considered weak and do not have rights over themselves, so they deserve to be harassed. The presence of KOMNAS PEREMPUAN confirms that harassment and violence against women is a crucial matter that requires serious handling.

However, specifically looking at the news in the mass media, sexual harassment also often occurs and is experienced by men. The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) stated that victims of sexual violence in 2018 were more often experienced by boys, in health.liputan6.com, Dr. Gina Anindyajati, Sp. Kj said that in Asia Pacific there are around 1.5% to 7.7% of men who are victims of sexual violence. Sexual harassment that occurs and is experienced by men cannot be separated from the community's perspective on masculinity. Masculinity is the identity of men that is influenced by race, class, and culture. Masculinity is a construction of masculinity towards men that upholds the values of superiority, strength, power, virility, toughness, and having an athletic physique.

The stigma of masculinity that is associated with men often burdens men, in this case sexual harassment experienced by men, both verbally and non-verbally, causes oppression in the hierarchy of men, especially about men or women with higher hierarchical positions who commit injustice against men who are in lower positions.
The need for fundamental handling in cases of sexual violence against men, the lack of institutions that can accommodate to be used as a place to report and the thick stigma of society in assessing that men cannot be victims of sexual violence makes survivors unable to speak up about the cases they have received. They also experience the same thing as victims of sexual violence, the very deep trauma destroys the mental health of survivors.