Marsya VoB Consistently Voice Women Support Women Issues

Marsya VoB, vocalist and guitarist Voice of Baceprot (Instagram @abiismail)

JAKARTA - Vocalist and guitarist Voice of Baceprot (VoB), Marsya is still consistent in supporting and voicing issues where women are victims. Recently, the musician from Garut was involved in discussing sexual violence.

Through his Instagram account, Marsya shared how long she witnessed her female friends being victims.

During school, I was one of the most full of friends to see one by one become victims of online gender-based violence. Because in the past, there were so many friends who had girlfriends from acquaintances from Facebook. Most of these men invite to get acquainted first and claim to come from out of town," said Marsya, as seen from the description of her upload, Friday, July 19.

"For us teenagers who live in the village, he said having a girlfriend from the city is more fierce. It's cooler to say. As a result, many of them don't know what kind of partner this is. Whether he is real or not, because his account is more often filled with photos from Google," continued Marsya.

Most of my friends also became victims of rooming because the man turned out to be much older. When the photos of their bodies were distributed, they were harmed many times over. Bullyed, shunned, not even a few friends who even shared their photos. At home, they became victims of torture by their parents because they couldn't stop being ashamed of their neighbors."

Marsya said her friend as a victim became depressed, while the perpetrator continued to live his normal life without guilt.

"I was angry, embarrassed to see everything like a vicious circle that didn't meet the end. Eating the victim was getting more and more. At that time I knew that I was helpless, because I didn't have the knowledge to fight back," said Marsya.

"That's why after these bitter events, I became diligent in forcing myself to look for reading material about violence through such online media."

Marsya is encouraged to present works that lift women's suffering with Voice of Baceprot, one of which is [NOT] PUBLIC PROPERTY.

Previously, Marsya was also furious because there were concert audiences who liked catcalling. From the stage, he also warned fans not to act indecently to women.

"But, this incident will always be a reminder that we still have a lot of homework to do. There are still many tasks that must be completed to create a safe space for everyone. At concerts or even in social life. We will not lose. We will not falter!!!!!