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Allen, Louisa – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2009
This paper explores "the 5 cm rule", a regulation around student contact discovered during an investigation of the sexual culture of schooling with 16-19-year-olds in New Zealand. Implemented to stem "inappropriate and unwanted" touching, it stipulates that students must maintain a physical distance of 5 cm at all times. It is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexuality, Interpersonal Relationship, Sexual Abuse