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        "id": 1677392,
        "msgid": "ui-law-faculty-sexual-harassment-chat-scandal-perpetrators-said-to-lack-empathy-and-self-control-1776174649",
        "date": "2026-04-14 20:17:34",
        "title": "UI Law Faculty Sexual Harassment Chat Scandal: Perpetrators Said to Lack Empathy and Self-Control",
        "author": "Qommarria Rostanti",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "A psychology expert from the University of Indonesia has attributed a digital sexual harassment scandal involving 16 law students at the Faculty of Law to a lack of moral stimulation, leading to deficiencies in empathy, self-control, and conscience. Prof Rose Mini Agoes Salim explained that without these moral aspects, individuals fail to recognise the harmful impact of their sexist remarks in private group chats. The incident underscores broader societal issues in fostering ethical behaviour among young adults in educational settings.",
        "content": "<p>A psychology expert from the University of Indonesia, Prof Rose Mini\nAgoes Salim, has responded to allegations of digital sexual harassment\ninvolving 16 students from the Faculty of Law UI. According to her, the\nroot of such behaviour lies in weak moral stimulation.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that morals serve as the foundation for humans to\ndistinguish between good and bad, while also determining attitudes and\nthought patterns. Individuals with morals would not make sexist\nstatements, even in private spaces like group chats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen morals are not stimulated properly, individuals do not\nunderstand the impact of their behaviour, including when harassing\nothers. They also would not engage in practices like locker room chat,\u201d\nsaid Prof Rose when contacted by Republika on Tuesday (14\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Prof Rose revealed three underdeveloped moral aspects in the\nperpetrators of sexual harassment. The first is empathy, which is the\nability to understand others\u2019 feelings, thoughts, and desires. Without\nempathy, a person does not realise that discussions about bodies or\nsexist remarks can cause discomfort and significant impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they had empathy, they would think, would the victim feel\ncomfortable being treated like this or even disturbed?\u201d said Prof\nRose.<\/p>\n<p>The second aspect is self-control. According to her, individuals who\ncannot control their impulses tend to easily go along with\nconversations, including in casual settings or group chats.<\/p>\n<p>The third is the inadequate stimulation of conscience, which\nencompasses values such as goodness, justice, respect, and tolerance.\nThe absence of these values makes individuals not consider the negative\nimpacts of their words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen someone lacks these three main moral aspects, they will dare to\nharass others, to harass women,\u201d said Prof Rose.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ui-law-faculty-sexual-harassment-chat-scandal-perpetrators-said-to-lack-empathy-and-self-control-1776174649",
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