"Jobs Involving Getting Paid to Sleep with Clients" Introduced at Japanese Middle School Sparks Controversy

Daejeon Office of Education recently revealed on the 26th that during a first-year career guidance class at a middle school, which utilized YouTube and other platforms, a scene was shown depicting a woman in Japan sleeping next to a customer and receiving money, presenting it as a future new type of job.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-ju] Recently, a middle school faced criticism for introducing "a new type of job in Japan where women receive money to sleep next to customers" during a career guidance class.

The Daejeon Office of Education announced on the 26th that during a first-year career guidance class at a middle school, YouTube and other media were used to show women in Japan sleeping next to customers and receiving money as a future new type of job.

This job, which has been popular in Japan for the past 10 years, involves women receiving a certain amount of money to sleep next to customers and charging additional fees for physical contact. The video introduced the hourly usage fee and fees for physical contact such as arm pillows as they are.

Photo by YouTube video capture.

Photo by YouTube video capture.

Students who saw this raised objections, saying it was inappropriate to introduce it as a future job, and some parents also protested to the school, saying it could instill wrong values in first-year middle school students.

The school stated that "the teacher had created an edited version deleting problematic parts before the class, but the full video was accidentally played during the lesson."

A Daejeon Office of Education official said, "We are guiding the school to thoroughly review the content before video education and are discussing measures to provide gender sensitivity training to school teachers," adding, "We also plan to provide psychological counseling to students who viewed the video if necessary."

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