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More Moms Going Down To Ensure Grades Go Up!Rense.comMore Moms Going Down ToEnsure Grades Go Up!By Michael Hoffman Contributing Writer Mainichi Daily News - Japan 1-13-1Dad comes home from an 'adult toy store' andhands his wife a chastity belt. She nods and turns to the couple's 15-year-oldson. 'Let's go,' she says.

They disappear into the boy's bedroom. The story begins with Japan's obsessive exam culture.A boy's whole future can depend on the senior high school he gets into.Some mothers will do anything to make sure their junior high school sonspass the all-determining entrance exams. Pretty nearly. Asahi Geino hears the story of (not their real names)Meiko, 38, and her son Haruki from Kanagawa cram school director YukioShibagaki, who wrote a book on experiences like theirs.

Every evening at 8:00, Haruki would vanish into his room,ostensibly to study. Meiko was pleased - until one night she caught aglimpse of him through the slightly open door and realized he was not studyingbut masturbating. Intrigued, she peeked into his room the following night,and the night after that. The conclusion was inescapable. At the rate hewas going, he would not be ready for his tests.

'I'd better have a talk with him,' she thought- and did. 'Mom,' he said, shyly but firmly, 'I wannado it with you.' Be shocked and angry,or calm and understanding? Axis and allies anniversary edition. 'Let's see what your father says.'

Father was surprised but kept his head. 'No genitalsex,' he stipulated. 'However, if it's just a question of makingthe boy feel good, I won't say no.'

And so every evening Haruki's studying was prefaced bya 15-minute maternal blow job. His concentration improved; his marks soared.Everyone was happy - except dad, whose doubts grew as time passed. Weren'tthings going a little too far? The chastity belt, at least, would closethe last frontier. Our first reaction is disbelief, but Shibagaki swearsthe story is not only true but also fairly typical, and special high schoolinstructor Tadashi Sato, to whom Asahi Geino goes for confirmation, agrees. 'I often hear stories like that,' he says.The mother-son relationship has always had rich dramatic potential; thesteadily contracting nuclear family can enrich the drama to the point ofdeviance.

'Mothers do want their children to pass those exams,'says Sato. 'We're not talking about just a few cases.'

Townsmen inn. Nor are we talking only about 15-year-olds. Akiko (aswe'll call her) is 28, her son Atsushi 12.

He too faces entrance exams- junior high school ones. The boy seemed to be studying. Why was he floundering?' Akiko asked him one day. The answer was a seeming nonsequitur, but Akiko saw the point. 'I want to see a woman naked.'

Akiko undressed. 'I'll do it again for you if youdo well on your next test, OK?'

He did very well. There are endless ramifications to the sex-for-gradesbusiness, Asahi Geino discovers.

Teachers too get in on the act. Some third-yearjunior high school teachers are not above capitalizing on the leveragethey wield. Some ask for money in return for influential written recommendations.Others ask for sex. Thus Mari, 37-year-old mother of a daughter about tograduate junior high, took to visiting the girl's divorced teacher at hishome. One afternoon the teacher's 14-year-old son showed up unexpectedly.'

And Mari obliged, says Shibagaki. Comment  From Yuki SusukiSan Francisco1-14-2  Hi JeffYour Japanese story today was hilarious. However, there is one detail which I thought I shouldadd: In your story, the boys are entering Senior High School. When I wasliving in Japan 20 years ago, we heard and read the same stories in thepress but the boys then, were entering universities. Things must have changedin Japan since I left. Comment  From Jon Kelly jon@yourinnervoice.com 1-13-2  Hi JeffI found the story 'More Moms Going Down' disturbing.The author seemed ambiguous in their treatment of what is commonly considered'child abuse.' The definition of 'Incest' according to theOn-line Medical Dictionary is:  'Sexual activity between individuals so closelyrelated that marriage is prohibited.

Incest involving a child is a formof child abuse.' From:  A better article on this phenomenon would include commentaryfrom family therapists in Japan as well as the UK. These are people whocould discuss how cycles of abuse evolve, how victims can become offendersthemselves, and what kinds of interventions and treatments are available. Is child abuse something that only happens in Japan?Due to his lack of balanced reporting I can only infer that the authoris less concerned with the broad and long-term significance of this issuethan with its sensationalist and perhaps jingoist potential. Online resources for incest victims include   Best WishesJon Kelly.

Times and culture change drive innovation in locker room designThe communal athletic shower certainly was fodder for Hollywood’s treatment of high school and college comedy. In their day, the open concept of communal showers made sense both from a design and economic standpoint – multiple showering “stations” within a given space increased efficiency, capacity and throughput. Pipe drops into multi-head showering stanchions reduced mechanical first costs in new construction.However, times and culture change – new norms about bathing privacy and the entire transgender trend have raised new concerns, challenges, and considerations as it relates to bathroom and shower design. Students want privacyOne of the clearest drivers on the issue of bathing privacy in multi-occupant facilities has been the co-ed integration of housing at colleges and universities. In an article by Disadvantaged by Design, author Kathryn H. Anthony, Ph.D., writes:Communal bathrooms present many negative issues for their users, along with creating efficiency of space. These facilities require users to enter with a “shower caddy” full of their toiletries needed for bathing.

It did present some obstacles that others strongly disliked. One of which is the fact that after your shower, unless you get fully dressed while still in the bathroom, which is made difficult by the wet floor and cramped stall, you must walk through a (usually) co-ed hallway in your towel to return to your dorm room. While this is fine for some people, others experience stress in this situation.Dr. Anthony knows what of she speaks. She is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Anthony went on to say that several security breaches while living in the dorms meant greater risks on top of the discomfort some residents feel walking through coed hallways wrapped in a towel. How to design locker room and dorm showers in the new ageIn a by Joe Dejka in the Omaha World Herald, an architect and K-12 school designer with DLR Group said, “Since I’ve been designing schools, I’ve never been involved with what we would call a gang shower — where they have one pole with four or five or six shower heads off of it, or multiple poles — they’ve all been individual spaces with shower curtains.'

She said it’s been nearly 25 years since DLR Group worked on a school project with communal-style showers.In the article, Schuette goes on to say that the evolution to private showers did not come from government regulation or encouragement, but instead from privacy concerns identified by school officials and architects. In fact, she said there’s a new trend in shower design that would give students even greater privacy. Some districts are considering building shower stalls that would allow students to undress in a dry area behind a curtain.“Private stalls are the standard now”, she said. “They cost about the same and require about the same space.” From concept to reality: Solid surface shower compartmentsVanessa's concept is already a reality: The images below are from the dorm renovations at the.

Both renovations were part of a multi-year, campus-wide, multi-dorm updating project that utilized to help prevent mold and mildew, and in return, resulting in reduced cleaning and maintenance.Both educational facilities recognized the need for adequate bathing privacy for their students. The Yocum Hall showers even offer adequate dry-floor changing space and solid surface partitions for privacy that allow bathers to disrobe and get dressed within that space.Tile showers provide breeding ground for mold and mildewWe can’t leave this topic without addressing the cleanliness of bathroom in general, and the risks associated with outdated design and materials.Communal shower areas tend to be outfitted with tile and grout. As we’ve expressed in, grout is a breeding ground for mold, mildew and bacteria. Like MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) due to its porous nature.The roster of athletes who’ve been sidelined by MRSA is a lot longer than most people would care to imagine.