Harassment is an act that someone does to make others hurt or depressed. Women and children are the most widely encountered victims of abuse. This is due to a lack of mutual respect and respect between people.
Reporting from the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Board (SSASPB) website, there are 9 types of harassment that can be done against women, namely: Physical Abuse
Physical abuse is any form of action that is intentionally done to interfere with or hurt a person's body. For example, touching without consent, hitting, slapping, grasping too tightly, throwing items on body parts, or other acts related to the body.
Indicators that can be seen from victims of physical abuse such as, feelings of anxiety, more protective and sensitive to their bodies, feeling pain, scars, damaged body parts, and a sudden decrease in weight due to lack of nutrient intake or dehydration. Sexual Harassment
Acts of harassment committed regarding a person's gender are the definition of sexual harassment. This abuse can be done verbally, nonverbally, visually, and physically. For example, catcalling or flirting, unwanted touching, sex violence, rape, indecent exposure, as well as sexual photography.
Indicators that may appear in women victims of sexual harassment are sudden behavioral changes, withdrawal from social environments, feeling inferior and even feeling useless, pain in the genitals, unwanted pregnancies, or even getting an infectious sexually transmitted disease infection. Financial Harassment
Financial harassment is the act of forcing someone to pay or surrender property owned without a clear agreement. Women are often considered weak and unfit to have wealth so are prone to receiving this abuse.
Examples of financial abuse, namely fraud, theft, unilateral transfer of property rights, unauthorized taking of property, coercion related to financial affairs (e.g., writing or changes to the letter of agreement or will), and misuse of profits.
Individuals who experience sexual abuse can be characterized by an inability to buy or pay, debt, loss of property, changes in status or employment, and other things that can also affect the mental state of the victim, such as the emergence of stress to depression. Harassment with Discrimination
Discrimination according to (Pettigrew, 2007) is defined as inappropriate treatment or real negative actions directed at members of groups who are not liked. Discrimination against women can be based on ethnicity, religious race, or group followed. An example of discrimination commonly accepted by women is the difference in treatment they get from the treatment of men, such as companies that pay women employees less than male employees.
This is part of the harassment because basically the gender differences do not indicate any lower or higher group. Acts of discrimination against women can mean degrading and related efforts related to harassment. Psychological abuse
This abuse is demonstrated by using words or actions that affect the emotions of the victim. Basically, all types of abuse can also affect an individual's psychological condition. For example, acidification, neglect, insults, intimidation, harassment, coercion, bad words, and restrictions on rights.
Indicators that may appear in the victim are changes in appetite, emotional instability, decreased self-confidence, difficulty sleeping, withdrawing or refusing to be approached, feelings of distress, changing lives and behaviors. Rejection
Often women get rejected because they are female. Some people still have the mindset that women deserve different treatment including this rejection. For example, not being accepted into a job because of their gender, not being given the same right to access to education or health, and the detention of necessities of life including nutritious food and medicine. The impact felt by victims is almost the same as what victims of psychological abuse feel. Harassment by organizations/institutions
Sometimes, we can encounter harassment given by the leadership of the organization to women who are subordinates. Inevitably, victims of this abuse must receive various treatments that are not wearing, especially if he is in difficult conditions or so can not get out of the organization / institution that overshadows him. Not infrequently the victim gets threats from abusers who make him hide the treatment. Domestic Abuse
According to The Home Office (2013), domestic abuse is a variety of actions taken to control, coerce, threaten, or put family members in a bad condition for personal gain carried out by other family members.
This abuse also includes physical, sexual, financial, and emotional abuse that is very common in women in one family. In fact, the family should be the safest place for all its members. However, it cannot be denied that depressed circumstances, financial problems, relationship problems between family members, if not overcome with a clear mind can actually add to the problem.
Examples of domestic abuse that we often hear, such as wives who are hit or pelted with objects, children who are forced to have sexual relations, discrimination on certain family members, silencing, and so on. Modern Slavery
Some women, especially from developing countries, choose to work as maids or domestic helpers. Some employers or agents of labor service providers commit arbitrary acts of slavery, human trafficking or human trafficking, as well as forced labor that is not in accordance with the contract. This makes victims who do not have the choice of other places to work become increasingly depressed.
Examples of abuse through modern slavery include sexual violence, improper pay, restrictions on rights, discrimination, and other acts committed against maids or domestic helpers.
We should know that the indicators mentioned above cannot be used as a definite benchmark for someone to be a victim of abuse. We must know the correct evidence regarding the condition of the victim.
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