Zulfa's blog

I feel sad and outraged upon witnessing many kinds of discrimination, harrasment, violence, and judgement that women experience throughout their daily lives. Although I do not completely agree with the idea of feminism, I believe that women should have the right to stand up for themselves. In developing countries, where the patriarchy system is still dominating in most sectors, I find this hard to achieve, as women often become an object of the aforementioned. People, especially men, who are less educated in developing countries have a tendency to disrespect women in many ways, mostly caused by their lack of understanding of women's rights to protect themselves. But I intend to not view this from a gender perspective, since women are mostly judged in society by the same sex. It's easy for women to feel jealousy towards other women. Men are the ones who face less judgement, while women have to endure being judged, often by both sexes. Behaving or dressing differently can easily...

Sering sekali kita menyaksikan fenomena berikut di berbagai negara; golongan minoritas ditindas dan dirampas hak-haknya oleh golongan mayoritas. Entah itu dalam hal ras, suku, agama, ataupun kebangsaan, kaum mayoritas terkadang mempunyai semacam keangkuhan terhadap kaum minoritas sehingga merasa bahwa mereka lebih berkuasa karena secara kuantitatif mereka lebih unggul. Secara pribadi, menurut saya perbuatan ini mencerminkan ketakutan golongan mayoritas yang tak beralasan. Mereka mengekang hak-hak kaum minoritas, mungkin salah satu sebabnya karena mereka takut. Mereka takut jika kelak kaum minoritas akan mendominasi, dan mereka merasa terancam akan hal itu. Oleh karena itu, mereka pun berusaha membatasi kegiatan mereka, dengan tujuan agar kaum mayoritas akan selalu unggul. Salah satu contohnya dapat kita lihat di Indonesia sendiri, dimana golongan Islam Sunni seringkali mengekang hak-hak kaum Syiah, bahkan menganggap mereka bukan Islam dikarenakan perbedaan pemahaman dalam menganut ag...