HIBA – A high number of teachers in east Japan’s Chiba Prefecture have recently been slapped with disciplinary measures for sexual assault against their students or children.
Slapped with disciplinary measures? You mean placed in prison for rape or assault of a minor right?
One of them, yes. Five and a half years. You’d think rape would get more…
The conviction was about a year after the crimes, which is a lot faster than I would expect than in my country. 5.5 years does seem light to me, too.
The rhetoric is still somewhat apologetic to the perpetrators. Like “it’s difficult for students to resist due to a sense of closeness to their teachers” doesn’t say anything about rank, authority, and power that teachers have over students. And “checking whether a teacher is under excessive pressure” seems to redirect fault away from the perpetrator.
the prefectural education board has launched preventive measures […] include […] eradicating blind spots and closed rooms in school buildings where sexual assaults could take place
But then the school shooters could see the students and teachers hiding too? Oh, wait. Japan probably doesn’t have school shooters.
So the US gets school shooters and hidey holes for rapists. Great.
