Ok guess I'm taking the hot take on this position to point out how refreshing it is that a woman is saying it's not ok for teachers to go after their students, and she's not making it about "toxic masculinity" or "misogyny." If you take this out of context - ignoring everything else about Sawayama (and she is a modern industry freak if you know anything about her) - that is the correct stance. In America people are ok with sending male teachers to prison for touching a girl a day under 18, while laughing when a female teacher does it. But she didn't make it about male or female teachers specifically and since she's saying she can't imagine going after a 17 year old, it might lead to people actually thinking about how creepy the idea is. It might be biologically or morally ok for a 33yo to court a 17yo in some contexts, but it's not when you're a high school teacher. Many times it's the 17yo coming on to the teacher, and it's still the teacher's responsibility to stop it.

Yes I'm sure she's virtue signaling, trying to cleanse herself of "shame", and talk about "how tough it is for young girls growing up", but motivations aside she's still come to the correct conclusion. If she's wants it to lead to further discussion about male-female power imbalance, Russel Brand, or "muh age gap", then no she can fuck right off.