Current Events > Japanese schools have BANNED girl's ponytails

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https://www.wionews.com/world/japan-schools-have-banned-ponytails-fearing-they-might-sexually-excite-men-461640

Japanese schools have banned female students from wearing their hair in ponytails as they fear the nape of their necks could sexually excite male students.

Theyre worried boys will look at girls, which is similar to the reasoning behind upholding a white-only underwear color rule, former middle school teacher Motoki Sugiyama told Vice World News.

Ive always criticised these rules, but because theres such a lack of criticism and its become so normalised, students have no choice but to accept them.

Because if the two-block (undercut) is OK, then some students might start saying the mohawk should be OK, Sugiyama explained.

Many schools ignore notices that arent legally binding or that dont have penalties, he added.

Japan's schools have strict rules about hair colour, accessories, make-up and uniforms, including the length of skirts for girls.

Nearly half of Tokyo high schools ask students with hair that is wavy or not black to submit certificates confirming that their hair is not artificially altered, public broadcaster NHK has reported.

Of 177 high schools run by the Tokyo Metropolitan government, 79 ask for these certificates signed by parents.

Tokyos board of education told NHK that the hair certificates are not compulsory. But the broadcaster said only five of the 79 schools make it clear in writing that students arent required to submit them.
In June last year, outcry from students and parents over these rules prompted the Japanese government to ask all prefectural boards of education to revise draconian school rules.

The harsh regulations, known as buraku ksoku or black rules, have roots dating back to the 1870s when the Japanese government first established increasingly restrictive system of education in an attempt to reduce bullying and violence in schools.

That's dumb

Is there any part of a girl that doesn't sexual excite males?

are they going to stop harrasing students who have non black natural hair?

Zikten posted...

are they going to stop harrasing students who have non black natural hair?

Never. Japans society is based on not standing out and not being different from everyone else

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79938624

This is literally the same logic the middle east uses to make women second class citizens. Japan isn't looking good here.

Zikten posted...

are they going to stop harrasing students who have non black natural hair?

When I was in HS we "suddenly" got an exchange student from Kobe, Japan mid semester. Turns out her hair was not naturally black (brown) and one day she just decided she wasn't going to dye her hair black anymore.

They kicked her out of her Kobe high school class.

AngelicRadiance posted...

Is there any part of a girl that doesn't sexual excite males?

Not really. Which is something people have yet to understand. Have the girls wear a full on parka so you can't see anything of their form at all and the male students will just spend the day thinking about what the girls do look like under the parka.