STEP 2 : ESSAY

 STEP 2: NARRATIVE ESSAY 

  Over the decades, sexual harassment has grown and become more severe as time progresses. Every year, the cases reported has increased drastically. In 2020, the cases reported for sexual harassment cases has increased by 218% from the total cases reported in 2018 and 2019. This huge number of increasement in the reported cases has shown that sexual harassment has turned into a social pandemic in our community. From the data and statistics that we get from Polis Di Raja Malaysia or well known as PDRM, in 2017, Kuala Lumpur has the highest recorded cases for sexual harassment that have been reported where the percentage is 17.2%. This is followed by Johor with the percentage of 16.5% and Selangor with 15.7%. These three states have contributed to half of the total cases that have been reported in 2017.

  When we talk about this type of crime, there must be perpetrators who did it, from year 2013 to the year 2017, the perpetrators aged 18 and above are much higher in number compared to the perpetrators aged below 18. In 2015, the number of perpetrators is the highest where the number that can be identified by the police is around 20 people, meanwhile, 2014 has the fewer perpetrators below 18 years old, which the number of people that can be traced is almost zero. For the perpetrators aged above 18, the year 2016 has recorded the highest number where there are more than 300 perpetrators detected. While 2016 has the highest record,2013 has the lowest record of perpetrators aged above 18 where there are below 200 perpetrators that have been recorded. This statistic has shown that sexual harassment cases are mostly occurring among adults than people aged below 18.

In this issue, the victim is mostly women, but some men are also being harassed. The number of men victims may be fewer, but their number is increasing every year. From the year 2013, the number has increased drastically from only 16 persons to more than 100 persons in 2021. This has shown that sexual harassment can happen to both genders. Meanwhile, the cases reported for women are much higher. From 2013 to 2017, the cases constantly increase every year.2016 has recorded the highest reported cases which 253 cases have been recorded by Polis Di Raja Malaysia (PDRM). In 2020, the cases of sexual harassment have become worse where the reported cases have increased to more than 750 reported cases. The increment of the reported cases has become a concern for many authorities and departments to curb this issue.