Jurnal Hukum Sehasen
Vol 11 No 2 (2025): Oktober

Catcalling As A Form Of Verbal Abuse: Psychological Impact On Women In Public Spaces From The Perspective Of Law And Human Rights

Oktavia, Putri (Unknown)
Fahrian, Yudi (Unknown)
Sasi, Kartika (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Oct 2025

Abstract

This study examines verbal harassment (catcalling) as a form of sexual violence that violates moral norms and creates feelings of discomfort and threat for victims. Article 5 of Law Number 12 of 2022 concerning Criminal Acts of Sexual Violence regulates harassment, but does not explicitly include catcalling as verbal harassment. This study uses normative legal methods with a focus on analyzing legal rules and concepts. The results indicate that the implementation of Article 5 has not been optimal due to a gap between what should apply (das sollen) and the reality that occurs (das sein). The main obstacles include legal difficulties in proving the case, ineffective inter-agency coordination, and sociological factors such as stigma and victims' fear of reporting. To overcome these obstacles, clearer implementation guidelines, gender-sensitive training for law enforcement officers, victim- friendly reporting procedures, and increased public legal awareness are needed.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jhs

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

Jurnal Hukum Sehasen (JHS) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal that aims to publish manuscripts of high-quality research as well as conceptual analysis that studies specific fields of law, such as Islamic law, customary/adat law, philosophy of law, fundamental law, legal theory, comparative law, ...