If it were between countries, we’d call it a war. If it were a disease, we’d call it an epidemic. If it were an oil spill, we’d call it a disaster. But it’s happening to women, and it’s just an everyday affair.
Japan is one the most technological advanced nation in Asia but its sheer shame on part of the authorities, how they treat the rape victims. Majority feel that woman may have led the man on, that she is lying or that she could have fought back.
A woman is raped in a train, while the fellow passengers, forty in numbers, remain spectators in the ‘event’. This is just an instance but the nation is saturated with similar illustrations, which usually goes unreported. The reason is criticism, which a victim has to face, as a consequence of which, it hinders her judicial stand.
Sex crimes
Sex crimes in Japan have surged in recent years, with rape cases jumping 40 percent to 2,228 in 2001, from around 1,600 four years earlier, according to the National Police Agency. Offenses such as groping and obscenity tripled to 9,326 cases in 2001 from a decade ago.
Sex crimes against bar hostesses or other women working in entertainment districts are treated especially lightly, and are seldom reported to support groups.
Japan’s top government spokesman in 2003 was quoted as telling reporters in an off-the-record briefing that some women were asking to be raped by dressing provocatively - a remark that outraged many but failed to dent his political clout.
Sexual abuse is widespread in Japan and widely tolerated
The government of Japan has shown a lack of political will to ensure that women are protected from violent behavior.
We’re in 21st century, where rights of women are at par with their male counterparts and it is a recognized fast around the globe. It’s unacceptable and unbelievable that the women being a part of one of the world’s most technological advanced nation have readily accepted the tyranny.
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”Some women were asking to be raped by dressing provocatively,” Japanese spokesman who said this must have been a WHACKO. Who would say something like this in a modern, educated society. Its like saying - you invited bus to run you over when you decided to cross the road. Come on man, get real. If you can’t be a part of the solution, don’t exacerbate the problem by saying things so obviously out of context.