"I Am a Woman"... Man in His 20s Gets 8 Months in Prison for Secretly Entering Women's Bathhouse and Observing Nude Women

Court: "Entered Women's Bathhouse to Satisfy Sexual Desires"

A man in his 20s who pretended to be a woman and entered the women's section of a public bathhouse, secretly observing nude women, has been sentenced to imprisonment.

According to Yonhap News on September 14, Chief Judge Kim Mikyung of Daegu District Court Criminal Division 8 sentenced Mr. A, a man in his 20s who was indicted on charges of violating the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes after pretending to be a woman to enter a public bathhouse, to 8 months in prison. The court also ordered him to complete 40 hours of a sexual violence treatment program and imposed a 3-year employment restriction at institutions related to children, adolescents, and the disabled.

Mr. A was put on trial for entering a women’s bathhouse in Jung-gu, Daegu, on April 12 of last year, after deceiving the front desk staff by claiming to be a woman, and remaining there for about one hour during which he secretly observed the nude bodies of an unspecified number of women. He was also indicted for entering another women’s bathhouse in Dong-gu, Daegu, on November 23 of the same year, where he stayed for 3 hours and 20 minutes, again secretly observing the nude bodies of multiple women. It was found that he had previously been subject to juvenile protection measures in 2016 for a sexual violence crime.

Judge Kim stated, "The defendant entered women’s bathhouses on two occasions with the purpose of satisfying his sexual desires, and it appears that there were many women in the bathhouses at the time of each offense," adding, "Even while being tried for a prior offense in this court, he failed to sincerely participate in the proceedings and reoffended." This was explained as the rationale behind the sentencing.

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