Look at Me!
Project Background
My initial discovery of a law in Arab of how rapists/ sexual assaulters could escape from being prisoned if they decided to marry the person raped/ assaulted triggered this project. With the UN topic of ‘Gender Inequality’, this project targets feminists and their response toward public lynching. Lately, there has been a lot of females daringly choose to speak out of their experiences, and I am proud that they no longer are trembling in fear of society’s judgment. ‘Look at Me!’ project strongly embarks on a journey that targets on building stronger resolves on women’s community; “we are not alone!”, and “nothing is shameful to be shared!”
Concept/ Idea
Gender Equality becomes the basis of this project. Personally, I am interested in the topic of gender equality because in the country that I am born in, Indonesia, there was a viral social issue that has flowed around. It is about how the government in Indonesia tries to release the law regarding female assault and rape because there were arguments that claim women never choose to report the assaults. It has been acknowledged that Indonesian find sexual violence talk as a taboo. Women who were admitted for sexual assaults would be labelled as a disgrace and would been stigmatized from the society. Hence, their life would not be as peaceful as before. This justification limits women from speaking up when they were sexually abused.
Key Message
Breaking free from the accustomed belief of victim blaming that leads to shame/ low self-esteem.
Target Audience
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Primary: teenagers to working adults (18-25 years old); sexual assault survivors who find their experience shameful
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Secondary: ignorant parents (35-45 years old); who have children that experienced sexual assaults