Link of the day: An investigation into sexual abuse in a school for gifted children
IN THE RUBRIC "LINK OF THE DAY" We recommend materials from other publications on topics that deserve attention. Today we chose the longrid "Medusa" - an investigation by Daniil Turovsky, dedicated to the Moscow school for gifted children, where teachers for 25 years were pursuing female students.
The history of the "League of Schools", institutions for gifted children, the founders of which have always focused on the "exclusivity" of their pupils and the "exclusive" knowledge that they can get, recalls the recent scandal around the 57th school. Former psychologist of the "League of Schools" Ivan Lebedev noted that "this is a story about incest and about boundless authorities": as in the case of the 57th school, the situation of the League remained unchanged thanks to the manipulative behavior of teachers and the principle of "do not wash sor out of the hut. " At least 20 people became victims of sexual harassment by school leaders Nikolai Izyumov and Sergey Bebchuk - these are only those who agreed to testify. At the same time, as the Medusa correspondent found out, the accusations of sexual violence are not a serious impediment to the career of teachers with a “good reputation”: Bebchuk and Izyumov continue to work in the field of education.
The teacher asked Carsten to remove the towel and lie down on his stomach. Having floated her with a broom, he sat down on a bench next to her and hugged him. "You are very smart and beautiful girl, everything will be fine, we will succeed," said Bebchuk and kissed a 15-year-old schoolgirl on the lips. Then he hugged tighter; kissed forehead, cheeks, hair; He said that he loved her and that "everything will be fine."
Carsten says that she seemed paralyzed. "I do not remember that I was ever so scared. I felt like a lizard that was caught and that could not do anything."
"25 years of violence. In a Moscow school for gifted children, teachers have sexually harassed female students for years. The investigation of Daniel Turovsky", MEDUZA.IO
At the end of the material, the editors of Medusa are asked to report cases of sexual violence in Russian schools at[email protected]- the publication plans to continue working on this complex topic.