>>19668800‘Semen Terrorism’ in South korea ガーディアンの記事
Lenient court rulings and societal attitudes towards sex crimes in South Korea have come under increased criticism over
the past few years and in light of the global #MeToo movement.
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The act of secretly delivering or smearing semen onto someone else, also known locally as “semen terrorism”, has now
become a case in point, with local activists highlighting the lack of an adequate legal framework to punish what they consider
to be clearly a sex crime.
In 2019, a man who soaked a woman’s shoes with semen was given a 500,000 won fine ($435). Police said at the time
the investigation was carried out on charges of “property damage” because there were no legal provisions to apply sex crime charges.
That same year, a man was sentenced to three years in prison for “attempted injury” among other charges after spiking
a woman’s coffees with laxatives and aphrodisiacs as revenge for rejecting his love advances. Despite also adding his semen
and phlegm to the mix and to other items 54 times, the crime was not recognised as a sex crime because no forced sexual
assault was established.
And in May 2021, a male civil servant was sentenced to a fine of 3m won on charges of “property damage” for ejaculating
inside his female colleague’s coffee tumbler six times over the course of half a year. The court judged that his actions “ruined”
the utility of the container. Local media continue to report on many more instances of “semen terrorism”.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/12/south-korean-politicians-seek-to-criminalise-semen-terrorism 