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Originally Posted by RobinMask
Fair enough, and whilst everyone's discussing it . . . what are the rules there like on the matter? I mean in the US/UK teachers risk jail-time, and even if the student is legally an adult they nearly always lose their job, is that the same in Japan? I mean I can understand it being legal for a teacher to marry/date an ex-student, but if he/she was dating a current student what would the situation be then? Also - if it's legal - isn't there a worry about bias as far as grading and things go?
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Until recently most US States only prosecuted on the basis of teacher-student relationships being statuatory rape because the student was usually a minor. And unless the case went to court, the matter was usually quietly "taken care of" - either the teacher was fired or the matter was swept under the carpet.
However, many (all?) states now are passing laws making such relationships between teachers and student a criminal act, regardless of the ages involved. Some of the force behind adopting the laws was the issue that not all students are below the age of consent, either because of grades or some sort of handicap.
Just this week a teacher was arrested in a local suburb for this. The students (5 in all) are of legal age. Because all of the boys are still students in public school, she is facing serious criminal action. And as one editorial pointed out all 6 were pretty stupid not to have waited a few weeks for their "escapades" because in another few weeks the boys would have graduated and there would be no grounds for prosecution.