Indonesian women

Indonesian women

From Forum Keadilan

I am responding to the Wanita Indonesia murahan (Indonesian women are cheap) letter published in Forum Keadilan, No. 8/IV/1995. As a native Indonesian, I disagree with how the writer assesses Indonesian women.

How could the writer make such a generalization? Or does the writer only come across cheap women, allowing him to conclude that all women are as such. Or the writer might have had some bad experiences with Indonesian women and hence looks down on them.

The writer might have lived in America for a long time so that he is not aware of the fact that most Indonesian women in this country are of high morality and dignity. The writer views that women who associate with foreign men are bad women. Many mixed couples marry out of true love. As an educated person, why does the writer still believe in racism? Please do not make such misleading generalizations.

WURYANDARU CANDRA DEWI

Bekasi, West Java