girl_in_tokyo comments

Harry_GattoAug. 10  05:39 pm JS

Whatever are these women thinking? How can they be so stupidly gullible?

I sincerely hope that if your daughter is ever sexually assaulted that someone, somewhere, reading about it calls her stupid.

Maybe it would help you gain empathy.

Misogyny in Japanese politics is alive and well. I'm honestly surprised he was called out, much less resigned, considering that many other politicians have said similarly sexist insults towards women. Maybe things are improving slightly, or maybe he was disliked anyway so they saw this as an opportunity.

In cases where people report that they are still being stalked, police will recommend offenders receive voluntary counseling at medical facilities or face arrest.

How can a restraining order even work if people can repeatedly violate it without being automatically arrested?

Why are the police so reluctant to deal with stalking as the serious crime it is?

How many more women will have to be brutally murdered before the police act?

Interesting how some media companies are willing to apologize after their readers' horrible interactions on their platform/with their media, while others just ignore it and act as if they have no responsibility over keeping their media spaces free from hate and bigotry. Hm....

Every customer I saw in the two stores I visited (and subsequently wrote about for Canadian media) were teenage girls who took the longest time inspecting everything and talking freely about it. Not laughing, but serious, and walking out with bags of merchandise.

You cannot enter a sex shop or buy anything unless you're over 18, so the girls you saw were adult women.

And if adult women want to buy and use sex toys, so the hell what?

Would you prefer women be ashamed of their sexual desire, pretend not to have any, and go through life without ever exploring their body?

Stephen ChinJuly 29 08:20 pm JST

Both man and girl are at fault?

He offering her a sexual favour?

She accepting his sexual offer?

The article specifies that he held her against her will and raped her.

So I'm not sure what exactly is confusing you.

toraJuly 29 06:12 pm JST

Look up papakatsu for a start. And then look through Japanese Twitter or any other social media that allows anonymity. That will put you on the right track. Not say that she definity sought him out but you have to ask what she was doing on these sites AND replying to older men.

The article specifies that he held her against her will and raped her.

This has nothing to do with prostitution.

The reason they found Lucie Blackman and uncovered the rape spree by Joni Obara is because Tim Blackman was well-connected politically and had incredible tenacity.

It’s horrific that the Japanese police won’t treat this case with the same level of seriousness.

All womens’ lives matter - not just the daughters of rich connected people

Jonathan PrinToday 04:45 pm JST

Why on Earth would you go with a person without asking your parents ?

It is rule number 1 in life : don't talk to strangers, don't take sweets, don't walk in a car, etc. without ever asking your parents if it is OK.

Everyone knows there will always be rapists of young girls, so why let do all those things to happen ? Because there is another layer of acceptance in Japan at this level of occurrence.

That she is a child puts the responsibility entirely on the adult.

She did nothing wrong.

She is not to blame for being naive and getting taken advantage of.

This is what groomers do.

Instead of continually harping on drag queens and transwomen, what people should be doing is looking at men like this one - he is a textbook example of a groomer.

ChottobakaToday 10:32 am JST

Another one that is 16 going on 30.

There are mutliple victims of rape every day, and yes, they range in age from very young to much older, including elderly women. It's not as if rape victims are from only one age group.

toraToday 09:40 am JST

I would say that most of these girls that get involved in this type of activity are definitely not naive and know exactly what they are getting into.

You are saying that young girls know what they are getting into when they are kidnapped, held hostage and raped?

I really don't understand this statement. You should clarify.

This makes me wonder how these people even know to come in out of the rain.

Or in this case, they don't even know to avoid potentially fatal illnesses.

sakurasukiToday 06:48 am JST

Why the girl agree to meet him?

Because young girls are naive and don't understand that the world is a dangerous place, and don't quite understand the reality that there are sexually predatory men who see young girls as sex objects.

I hope that clears things up for you.

AomoriExpatToday 07:11 am JST

This guy knew her age but she also knew exactly what she was doing. Give him 5-10 years and have the girls family go through therapy and training on the dangers of social media.

You are saying that she knew he would keep her confined and that he would rape her?

The story doesn’t mention it, but I do wonder if there was an exchange of money? Isn’t that kinda of a common thing here in Japan, old guys giving young girls expensive things for their sexual encounters?

It doesn't mention it because it didn't happen. He kidnapped her, held her in confinement, and raped her.

I'd hope you'd have some sympathy for a young girl who experienced sexual trauma at the hands of a brutal man, but it looks like that isn't the case.

Kazuaki ShimazakiJuly 27 12:28 pm JST

everyone will see that you are a woman and conclude if you date with or approach anyone it'd be a man.

And they would be wrong. That's why you shouldn't assume anything. I am not sure why, but heterosexuals, particularly males, just assume they are the default and that normalcy revolves around their preferences. It's a very arrogant and self-important attitude.

Again, there is no excuse for outing someone.

It's about damn time male victims get the help they need. Too often they are ignored, and it's very hard for them to come forward.

leo TToday 02:19 pm JST

LOL COMPLETLY false

eye roll

Roy SophveasonJuly 25 04:10 pm JST

But as @Jeremiah elucidated in a comment above, by natural law of nature gayityness is not a sexual orientation, it's a preference.

I honestly thought this old turd of an argument was well and truly dead, considering that it's the kind of thing people were spouting back in the 60's in that era of ignorance before homosexuality was taken out of the DSM forever and science proved that well, some people are just gay.

It's always been an orientation. Being gay is as natural as being straight.

JohnJuly 25 03:52 pm JST

Why did he beed to say his sexual orientation during interview to his boss? Nobody says that.

Why does it even matter what his reasons were? Do you think that fact changes anything about or makes what the boss did somehow justified?

nakanoguy01July 25 03:27 pm JST

So kinda like a gay schrodinger cat: you can't be both gay and not gay at the same tine. Since he outed himself to his boss then he's essentially out already. So how can he try to claim work stress?

I'm sure he's also out to his boyfriend and friends - does that mean everyone around him also has the right to know? Or do people have the right to keep some kinds of personal information personal, and telling ONE person doesn't mean that everyone has the right to know.

I'm pretty sure you tell people things and expect them to keep it private, and would be shocked if that person spread it around and then said, "But you told me, and now it's out in the open, so ... "

Kazuaki ShimazakiJuly 25 03:31 pm JST

You do realize that could be an argument for outing him. One cannot decide whether or not to be a bigot if they don't even know about someone's membership in whatever-minority-demographic.

Sorry, but what do you mean by this? There is no good argument for outing someone. None.

WandoraToday 12:30 pm JST

I thought these kind of people were Proud.

"these" as if all LGBTQIA are the same?

And there is a difference between being proud and being afraid of discrimination.

Mr KiplingToday 12:43 pm JST

Not really, familiarity is the best way to end discrimination. The more Gays people meet and interact with, the less likely people are to see them as outsiders and accept them. It did with me anyway. The guy in this story is just reinforcing the "drama queen" stereotype.

No. The best way to end discrimination is for people not to be bigots. It's not hard to not be a bigot. It's only hard when people make the active decision to be a terrible human being and foist their horrible behavior onto others.

Also, it's not up to gay people to do this. It's not our job to make people treat us like human beings.

Kazuaki ShimazakiToday 12:02 pm JST

Like feminism, this case represents the schizophrenic attitudes of gay advocates, where they kind of want to be equals and be protected (thus not equals) at the same time.

From an "equal" perspective, heterosexuals are outed by default, and following this any homosexual who demands his preference to be treated as an equal should be ready to do the same. But that's not what happens.

Being treated as an equal includes not being discriminated against.

Mr KiplingToday 09:45 am JST

Why is so so ashamed of his gayness?

He isn't ashamed. People stay in the closet because there is so much discrimination, which leads to all kinds of abuse, including lying, name-calling, and mistreatment. And it looks like he was right, because his co-worker immediately began to discriminate against him.

Hope that answer cleared things up for you.

Dr MaybeJuly 22 06:05 pm JST

girl_in_tokyo is totally correct.

Maybe not totally. She just mentions "on trains". Any darkened street at night in the city, especially near a train station, is a danger zone. Women here (and young girls, by the way) are NOT safe.

Exactly right.

whoamiJuly 21 09:38 pm JST

Unfortunately, this problem will continue until the women begin to stick up for themselves

The problem will continue until these men stop sexually assaulting women. Women should not be made responsible for preventing their own sexual assaults, particularly when there is a very big price to pay whenever we attempt to speak up for ourselves. Look at the number of downvotes my first post got - do you honestly think any of those men would support a woman who spoke up?

Women are not safe on the train in Tokyo.

Don’t, pleaded the woman, unable to face the ordeal she foresaw.

Women are shamed, blamed, and disbelieved, which allows the chikan to get away with it.

RodneyToday 02:03 pm JST

japan doesn’t entitle you to half. My ex got ¥4.5 million of MY money, but I kept my apartment.

Too bad.

Redtail SwiftToday 12:28 pm JST

How unfortunate for the man. Alcoholism is a disease and people need help, not criticism. I hope he gets better.

Poor man!

I think women need to be educated on how to handle men who are under the influence.

Yes. You lock yourself in the bedroom and call the police. And when the police arrive, they take him to jail. Then you divorce him for domestic violence and make sure to take half his stuff.