Rampant groping in Tokyo trains

[DanS]

2,000 people arrested for copping a feel in Tokyo trains per annum. I knew it was bad, but this is impressive.

Anyway, they now have some female-only cars. And some are wanting male-only cars. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is trending unisex (Saudi Arabia excepted, of course).

I'd like to know how many women are arrested for groping women and men arrested for groping men.

Men-only train cars sought in groping fears
Wed Jun 17, 2009 12:53pm EDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Many women taking the crowded train in Tokyo opt for women-only carriages during the rush hour to avoid gropers.

Now, for fear of being accused of groping, some are asking for carriages reserved for men as well.

Ten shareholders of Seibu Holdings, which runs trains in the Tokyo area, have petitioned for carriages reserved for men.

"There have been many cases of groping, as well as false charges of groping, on Seibu Railway," the shareholders said in a notice seeking a vote at the company's annual meeting next Wednesday.

"While measures against groping, such as setting women-only carriages, have been effective to a certain extent, no measures have been taken against false charges of groping... In the spirit of gender-equality, a male-only carriage must be introduced."

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55G4VP20090617?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true

[Jon Miller]

This does sort of suggest that the picture that I had isn't some false picture.

I would be interested in hearing about other thingis to (date rapes/etc).

JM

[DanS]

Would seem that copping a feel and date rape are leagues apart. But who knows.

[Jon Miller]

coping a feel -> molestation -> date rape

JM

[DanS]

Have you heard of rampant date rape in Japan? Or more rampant than in the US, for instance?

[KrazyHorse]

Why do you want to know how many women are arrested for groping men? The article seems to imply that the reason for wanting men-only cars is for men to avoid false charges of groping.

[Kuciwalker]

He's considering moving to Tokyo.

[Jon Miller]

Have you heard of rampant date rape in Japan? Or more rampant than in the US, for instance?

See if they are correlated.

JM

[duke o' york]

Is there a hot women-only car I can get groped in?

Thought not.

[Winston]

Sooner or later, they're bound to hire young females for the specific purpose of being groped all morning. This is Japan after all.

[Elok]

Given the flatness of the average Asian chest and their penchant for dressing oddly, it's entirely possible that all the "gropings" were just innocent attempts to ascertain the subject's gender.

[SlowwHand]

Japan is ****ed up!

[Sirotnikov]

Considering their porn industry/regular tv shows depict scenes of rape, abuse and plenty of weird ****, i would not find it surprising that males with little actual experience would behave similarly.

[DanS]

Why do you want to know how many women are arrested for groping men?

Read again. I want to know how many women are groping women. And men groping men.

V. important distinction for the purposes of increasing reply quality.

[SlowwHand]

I'd rather be groped than pissed on.