Supreme Prosecutors' Office Begins Revising Guidelines from 'Sexual Shame' to 'Sexual Discomfort'

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] The prosecution has begun the process of changing the term 'sexual shame' to 'sexual discomfort' in internal directives and regulations.

According to the legal community on the 25th, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office revised the internal directive, the Management Guidelines for Public Officials and Other Workers of the Supreme Prosecutors' Office, and implemented it from that day. In the directive, Article 52, which stipulates measures to be taken in case of workplace sexual harassment, was amended from "ensuring that no sexual shame is felt during the investigation process" to "ensuring that no sexual discomfort is felt during the investigation process."

Additionally, Articles 5-2 and 19 were revised to require consideration of gender when forming interview committees and personnel committees. A provision was also added to exclude gender discrimination when hiring public officials. The term 'sexual shame' is considered a gender-discriminatory expression that demands so-called victimhood. For this reason, the Supreme Prosecutors' Office Gender Equality Policy Committee recommended last year, based on guidelines from the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, that terms such as 'sexual shame' be revised from a gender equality perspective in the Supreme Prosecutors' Office's internal directives and regulations.

The Supreme Prosecutors' Office plans to revise other internal regulations following the committee's recommendations, in addition to the changes made to the management guidelines on this day.

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