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he University of Indonesia (UI) has found itself embroiled in a controversy for including sexual education, with an emphasis on consent, in this year’s freshman orientation program (PKKMB UI) amid heightened concerns over sexual violence on campus.
This year’s PKKMB UI was held online from Sept. 7 to 11 because of the ongoing COVID-19 emergency through the UI student affairs directorate’s official YouTube channel, which uploaded a video titled “E-Class: Preventing Sexual Violence”.
However, the video – which touches on the subject of consensual sex – has since been made private on the channel in light of public protests against the program.
Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker Almuzzamil Yusuf said in a video posted on his Instagram page that UI’s “endorsement” of consensual sex could only lead to the prevalence of “free sex” among youth and, therefore, jeopardize the country’s moral and religious principles.
“[UI] feels that the western notion of consensual sex is not a form of sexual violence. I don’t think it’s an appropriate subject to teach to students,” he said in the video.
He claimed that the concept of consensual sex contradicted Article 31 of the 1945 Constitution, which stipulates that the education system should aim to bolster one’s faith and piety.
“Our religious and cultural values are worlds apart from the [concept of] free sex in the West,” Almuzzamil said.
