Stories of women forced to sexually service Dutch men and their sons
emerged only rarely. Most women were reluctant to speak of this subject and
most denied that their employers had ever made sexual advances. Ibu Soekati
had been nearly raped by her employer when she was still a teen. In a first interview,
she merely mentioned with a chuckle the fact that he had been "nakal,"
a word which can suggest inappropriate sexual behavior but is also often used
to describe the innocuous antics of a mischievous child. It was only at a later