Korban Dan/Atau Pelaku: Atribusi Victim Blaming pada Korban Kekerasan Seksual Berbasis Gender di Lingkungan Kampus

Abstract

Sexual harassment frequently occurs in educational institutions such as colleges. The issue is exposed on the internet or reported directly by the authorized party. However, these reports lead society tendentiously to blame the victim. The victim-blaming phenomenon in sexual harassment cases particularly, when the victim object is female college students effecting them feeling frustrated, and scared, and even their rights as the victim cannot be obtained at all. This form of attribution of victims of violence often spurs the emergence of a victim mentality for victims of the stigma attached to dualism, as victims as well as contributing to the occurrence of violent events that befell them (the perpetrator). These things cause the victims to prefer remaining silent, than to reveal the case that has been going through due to worrying to be blamed. This research aims to figure out how the victim-blaming phenomenon happens to the victim of sexual harassment based on gender in educational institutions to provide policy recommendations to protect the victim and also for the student organization or the college. The method of this research is qualitative descriptive by utilizing triangulation data sources as data validation for the research approach. Data is obtained by documentation, field study, and depth interview with the victim of sexual harassment and policy experts from the college by using purposive sampling. Data analysis is performed together with the collecting data process by using qualitative techniques consisting of data reduction, display data, and conclusion. The result of this study shows that the student organization and college can role to form some preventive efforts on the victim-blaming phenomenon which can be implemented through a program or activity that is carried out online or offline.