RT Book
T1 Sexual abuse and education in Japan: in the (inter)national shadows
T2 Routledge contemporary Japan series
A1 Ó'Móchain, Robert
A2 Ueno, Yuki 1989-
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1808434552
AB "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. With a psychosocial framework that draws insights from feminism, sociology, international studies, and political psychology, the authors pinpoint the motivations of the nativist right and reflect on the change of conditions that is necessary to end cultures of impunity for perpetrators of sexual abuse in Japan. Evaluating the value of the #MeToo model of activism, the authors offer insights that will encourage victims to come out of the shadows, pursue justice, and help transform Japan's sense of identity both at home and abroad. Ueno, a female Japanese educator and O'Mochain, a non-Japanese male academic, examine the nature of sexual abuse problems both in educational contexts and in society at large through the use of surveys, interviews, and engagement with an eclectic range of academic literature. They identify the groups within society who offer the least support for women who pursue justice against perpetrators of sexual abuse. They also ask if far-right ideological extremists are fixated with proving that so called "comfort women" are higaisha-buru or "fake victims." Japan would have much to gain on the international stage were it to fully acknowledge historical crimes of sexual violence, yet it continues to refuse to do so. Ueno and O'Mochain shed light on this puzzling refusal through recourse to the concepts of 'international status anxiety' and of 'male hysteria.' An insightful read for scholars of Japanese society, especially those concerned by its treatment of women"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN LC212.83.J3
SN 9781032310237
SN 9781032310244
K1 Sexual harassment in education : Japan
K1 Sex discrimination in education : Japan
K1 Sex abuse victims : Japan
K1 Sex crimes : Japan
K1 Japan : Sexueller Missbrauch : Gesellschaft : Bildungseinrichtung : MeToo : Prävention