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December 20, 2004
Japanese train perverts
I don't normally like sex segregation, but I think I can back women's only subway/train cars in Japan. From The Times Online:
A YEAR-LONG national campaign against bottom-pinching in Japan has failed, with nearly two thirds of young women saying that they have been groped on trains or at railway stations.
Yes, I am abusing stylesheets and blockquote tags.
Honestly, I thought that this was only in Japanese porn. I thought that it was staged, like all the gonzo reality porn that you see. Or maybe a lifestyle thing (I know these people aren't necessarily into subway groping of each other, but I'm sure they will get there soon. Seems related on a consensual basis.) 64% of women in their 20s and 30s? And there are even gangs of sukebe that swarm trains and grope women mercilessly (as if you could do it mercifully, hmmm).
Of course, this leads to the conviction of innocent people. These trains are packed to 200% capacity at peak hours. I can't see how you can avoid touching someone else, so occasionally it is almost inevitable that your hand will brush against some woman. I've even done it accidentally in Montreal, and it's been done to me. There's generally an obvious difference between this and an overt cop-a-feel, though, but because of these assholes on the train, innocent fucks will get publically branded as perverts and sentenced, while they and their sukebe brethren will get away scot free.
Sometimes I think about going to Japan and watching them shit themselves when I talk loudly. I imagine some hip young 20-something that thinks he knows English (and me, based on my skin colour) talking to me like I was in Tokyo Breakfast (if you haven't seen this, please watch it, it's killer funny). I'd like to retort in perfect Japanese, telling him to go fuck himself.
Who am I kidding? I'd never go to that damn place.
Posted by JonasParker at December 20, 2004 3:43 PM
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Yowsers! Bottom pinching! There's a sorely missed mating ritual that has died a politically correct death.
I think after a certain amount of mutual glances and maybe a brushing of hands little bottom tapping or pinching might be a bit thrilling...
Posted by: mtlanglo at December 21, 2004 2:04 PM
I once read that only 17% of Japanese couples kiss, but a full 70% practice anal sex. I don't know how accurate that still is, but at the time, it was from a relatively reliable source.
Posted by: lightspeedchick at December 23, 2004 10:26 AM
That's because Japanese people aren't really people. They are actually magical robots from out of space who can fly and shoot fire out of there hands. Doesn't anybody watch TV?
Posted by: Buttman at January 20, 2006 10:56 PM
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