Fenomena Pelecehan Seksual Pada Perempuan di Media Sosial Instagram

Abstract

The level of violence in Indonesia is increasing, especially sexual violence. Based on information
obtained from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (Kemen-PPPA) shows
that women dominate the number of victims of violence cases today. A form of sexual violence that
is often overlooked is sexual harassment. Sexual harassment can occur without knowing the
boundaries of space and time. This type of violence has also transformed in cyberspace, namely
social media. Social media as a forum for interaction and communication can also be a space for
sexual harassment of women. Instagram is one of the most vulnerable and even dangerous spaces
for women. From the description of the problem above, several formulations of problems focused on
this research, namely (1) what forms of sexual harassment can occur to women, (2) what is the
perspective of radical feminism on the causes of sexual harassment of women, (3) the impact of
sexual harassment and (4) efforts to minimize sexual harassment on Instagram. The objectives of
this study are (1) knowing the forms of sexual harassment that can occur to women, (2) knowing the
causes of sexual harassment in the view of radical feminism, (3) knowing the impact of sexual
harassment and (4) knowing the efforts that can be made to minimize sexual harassment on
Instagram. Data was collected by observing Instagram as a social media and conducting a
literature study. This research was reviewed using the perspective of radical feminism. In the study
results, it was found that online sexual harassment has various forms and there is a relationship
between patriarchal culture as one of the causes of sexual harassment.