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Sexual abuse: when school uniforms cannot protect young people from sexual abuse.
Story of Pasika Khoen, BBC Thailand correspondent
Prismjit Video as Thom Video Reporter
Because she didn’t want any child to have to face the worst events she had ever experienced. En-Nalinrat Tuuptim decided to talk about his own past. Waiting for the problem of sexual harassment in schools to be exposed. This will make society more aware and solve common problems.
Nalinrat Tuuptim, or Een, a 20-year-old college student, became a public figure when she joined a group meeting. “Bad student” on November 21, last
That day Nalinrat was dressed in a high school girl’s uniform with a black ribbon with a cross on her mouth. Reveal your experience of sexual abuse that occurred five years ago by holding a protest banner labeled “I was sexually assaulted by the teacher, school is not a safe place.”
Along with the public “unfolding” stories of sexual harassment in schools. Nalinrat also presented a case for his alma mater to investigate the incident. The school sent a letter to her parents to come to the school today (December 18) to hear the progress of an investigation into their allegation of sexual harassment of a teacher.
Nalinrat decided to come to hear the clarification from the school himself just because he did not want to stress his parents. Looking at the results that came out today, he saw that “No progress”
“The results of the investigation were no different than expected,” Nalinrat told BBC Thai after hearing the clarification.
The school explained that the accused teacher denied any indecent acts. And the school couldn’t verify that the incident was true or not. But the school has disciplined the teacher because “He has bad behavior AND with the students one by one at night”, but did not reveal the details of the punishment.
“When I told them how unfair it had been in the past, he (the school) tried to figure out how to talk about the future. The past has passed. Please look mainly to the future. And how to minimize the reputation of the school.”
Turn a nightmare into a fight
Nalinrat told BBC Thai that she was sexually harassed five years ago when she asked her to close the bathroom door. Instead, he tried to put his hand on his chest. Sexual behavior like this is not a one-time occurrence. But with the desire not to have problems In addition to not being sure of the consequences if there are complaints. Therefore, he decided to keep this matter to himself.
A series of events that occurred in high school have forced her into psychiatric disorders such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to date. As her anxiety and panic symptoms began to improve, she began to contact the school to seek justice for herself. Hopefully, you can help prevent this type of fear in other children.
After visiting the school administrator to ask about the teacher’s behavior on July 16, Nalinrat said the school had never contacted her. So he decided to post the story on his Facebook page and open it to the public. This resulted in many posts sharing similar experiences.
At the same time, he received a “request” from people directly involved in the case to remove the post for “defaming the school.”
Even Pracharath Party (NACC) MP Parina Kraikupta also commented on Nalinrat’s move at the rally that Going out in a school uniform with a sign stating the matter was creating quite a stir on social media. And he stated that he was preparing to prosecute Nalinrat as well.
But all this did not stop her. And he continues to communicate publicly through his Facebook to insist that sexual harassment should not occur under any circumstances.
“Even if I work as an audiovisual actress heroine, nobody has the right to do this,” she told BBC Thai.
Nalinrat had previously asked the school to reform the educational curriculum in order to increase the teaching and learning of students. “Rights and freedoms of their own bodies” and have an organization responsible for child abuse in educational institutions. He reiterated that he will continue his campaign on the issue of sexual harassment. And how it exposes things from the past that you don’t even want to think about is because you want the next generation of students to benefit. And have the proper measures to protect children.
