Source. The Economist.
WHEN Sri Rumiati joined the police, she had to take a virginity test. It was uncomfortable and humiliating, she recalls. Not to mention unscientific and irrelevant to police work.
Ms Rumiati, who is now a commissioner, has campaigned to have such tests for female recruits abolished. Officially they ended last year, after Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, condemned the practice. Badrodin Haiti, Indonesia’s national police chief, insists that there are now no virginity tests, but what there is, he says, “is a test for reproductive health, which is part of the overall health examination.” The police website warns female cadets to expect a “pregnancy test”.
Judging by official statistics, Indonesia is a very safe place to be a woman. For instance, in 2013 fewer rapes were reported among its 250m citizens than among Sweden’s 10m. Perhaps Indonesian men are signally less violent than Swedes. Or maybe a lot of Indonesian women are too intimidated to report what is happening to them.
Highly prejudiced statement. Fact is Indonesian men are less violent towards opposite sex and not women are too intimidated to report. Please correct your evaluation.