The News Minute | November 19, 2014 | 06:35 pm ISTIt is not easy to become a policewoman in Indonesia because women who apply to join the force are subjected to a mandatory virginity test. A report on the Hindu quoted Maj. Gen. Ronny Sompie urging people to not “respond negatively” to the tests saying that they were aimed at ensuring applicants were free from sexually transmitted disease. He concluded by saying that both male and female recruits also get blood tests for STDs.A leading human rights group called Human Rights Watch submitted a report categorizing the practice as degrading and discriminatory. The report was based on interviews with female police officers and applicants who had undergone the “two-finger” test to determine whether their hymen was intact. The national police jobs website clearly mentions the requirement of conducting the virginity test. “In addition to the medical and physical tests, women who want to be policewomen must also undergo virginity tests. So all women who want to become policewomen should keep their virginity” says the website.