Sexual Abuse and Education in Japan

Bringing together two voices, practice and theory, in a collaboration that emerges from lived experience and structured reflection upon that experience, Ueno and O'Mochain show how entrenched discursive forces exert immense influence in Japanese society and how they might be most effectively challenged.

Auteur

Robert O'Mochain is an Associate Professor in the College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. He has extensively researched issues surrounding masculinities, gender discrimination, and sexual violence. He is a contributor to the Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement. Yuki Ueno is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Japanese language, literature, and civilization at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaures, France. Her research focuses on sexualization of school uniforms in Japanese society.

Contenu

Part One: The Present Situation: An Overview 1: Sexual abuse in Japanese society 2: Sexual abuse in educational contexts in Japan Part Two: Sexual abuse in Japan: A Psychosocial Exploration 3: In the shadow of male hysteria: International status anxiety 4: In the shadow of male hysteria: Retaliation anxiety Part Three: Beyond the #MeToo model 5: Transcending the past, constructing the future 6: "Sei higaisha o kizutsukenai shakai ni": Towards a society without victims of sexual abuse