Not Just Women Victims Of Sexual Violence, The PKS Bill Must Immediately Ratify The DPR

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JAKARTA - The DPR Legislation Body (Baleg) held a public hearing (RDPU) regarding the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) with a number of elements of society.

During the meeting, Executive Director of the Indonesian Judicial Research Society (IJRS) Dio Ashar assessed that the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) needs to be immediately discussed and passed.

This is because currently it is not only women who are victims of sexual violence. Based on the IJRS research, there were 33.3 percent of men who were victims of sexual violence. Meanwhile, there were 66.7 percent of forms of sexual violence experienced by women.

"Actually this answers why the PKS Bill is important, because we can see that victims of sexual violence are not only women, but 33 percent more are men," said Dio at the DPR building, Tuesday, February 2.

Unfortunately, said Dio, today many men rarely disclose cases of sexual violence that have befallen them for reasons of fear.

"They (men) are more afraid to report their cases because there is a stereotype that men are strong, so they are embarrassed when they report it," said Dio.

Interestingly, about 99 percent of perpetrators of sexual violence are people in the immediate environment of the victim, such as friends, girlfriends, friends, or colleagues.

From this one answers the assumption that most violent actors or predators are ubiquitous. Because, many of the perpetrators are the closest people.

"So that they are increasingly afraid to report because (the perpetrator) is a known person or someone who has a high power relationship from the victim," he said.

For information, the PKS Bill is again included in the list of the 2021 Priority National Legislation Program (Prolegnas), after previously being removed from the 2020 Priority Prolegnas list.