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It's not just a nuisance, it's a crime...
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In Ogawa's opinion, society normalises groping as something that just happens.
There are no accurate figures on the number of victims; only a fraction are believed to report incidents.
One key problem when it comes to talking about "groping" is that people have very different ideas about what that entails; the term itself fails to adequately describe the range of violations. The widely held assumption is that groping is non-consensual touching over clothing, something deemed a minor crime and punishable under Japan's prefecture-level Anti-Nuisance Ordinance. Under the ordinance, the sentence is usually six months in jail or a 500,000 yen ($4,500) fine.
"I hear many girls telling me that they have experienced men's hands under their skirt, and the groper's fingers in their vagina," Matsunaga says. "It is rape."
Men ejaculated on Ogawa's friends. Often, she says, the perpetrators put their hands inside her underwear. Many times, the abuse involved being penetrated by men's fingers.
Police officers usually decide whether more serious groping-related cases, where the violations include penetration, should be filed under Article 176 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. But just a tiny proportion of the total reported cases get filed under this article. Article 177, which pertains to rape, carries harsher penalties, but its legal definition is extremely narrow and only considers rape to be forced sexual intercourse.
According to Ogawa, groping-related violations are too often downplayed by society as a "nuisance". It was only when she started writing about these crimes, she says, that she discovered that what she had experienced was sexual assault. "What was shocking me the most is that I didn't realise that I was experiencing indecent assault," Ogawa says.
It's not just a nuisance, it's a crime...
▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪
In Ogawa's opinion, society normalises groping as something that just happens.
There are no accurate figures on the number of victims; only a fraction are believed to report incidents.
One key problem when it comes to talking about "groping" is that people have very different ideas about what that entails; the term itself fails to adequately describe the range of violations. The widely held assumption is that groping is non-consensual touching over clothing, something deemed a minor crime and punishable under Japan's prefecture-level Anti-Nuisance Ordinance. Under the ordinance, the sentence is usually six months in jail or a 500,000 yen ($4,500) fine.
"I hear many girls telling me that they have experienced men's hands under their skirt, and the groper's fingers in their vagina," Matsunaga says. "It is rape."
Men ejaculated on Ogawa's friends. Often, she says, the perpetrators put their hands inside her underwear. Many times, the abuse involved being penetrated by men's fingers.
Police officers usually decide whether more serious groping-related cases, where the violations include penetration, should be filed under Article 176 of the Penal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. But just a tiny proportion of the total reported cases get filed under this article. Article 177, which pertains to rape, carries harsher penalties, but its legal definition is extremely narrow and only considers rape to be forced sexual intercourse.
According to Ogawa, groping-related violations are too often downplayed by society as a "nuisance". It was only when she started writing about these crimes, she says, that she discovered that what she had experienced was sexual assault. "What was shocking me the most is that I didn't realise that I was experiencing indecent assault," Ogawa says.
Sexual assault in Japan: 'Every girl was a victim'
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Japan
Society
Sexual Harassment
Posted 8 y ago
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interesting ...
This has been going on for Decades in Japan and the efforts of the Civilian government has tried to contain it ... but with the Conduct if a Male dominated society if going to Be slow and difficult to Change... because Much as in a muslim society women are all but a second place Citizens...
This has been going on for Decades in Japan and the efforts of the Civilian government has tried to contain it ... but with the Conduct if a Male dominated society if going to Be slow and difficult to Change... because Much as in a muslim society women are all but a second place Citizens...
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MCPO Roger Collins
Anyone that has ridden those trains can see why this is prevalent and seldom prosecuted. Look up Japanese "pushers" for the trains, and if you have ever rode them, you would feel more comfortable in a sardine can.
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