Train Chikan Gropes & Rapes Schoolgirl “I Couldn’t Stand It”

Well, someone has to support rapists. They're considered worse than murderers now, but they are just a sign of a more fundamental problem with our society. The "N% of [insert country here] men aren't married and don't have girlfriends" one, i believe.

Maybe some people actually have their own views instead of just jumping on that good olde lynch mob bandwagon. Criminals shouldn't be demonized in the first place, there shouldn't be a need for it. But humanity is pretty hopeless, so go ahead and encourage the moralists to fail saving real victims with their hysteria campaigns, by banning all the harmless stuff.

You know, I think I can relate to those people around her who did nothing, sadly. I mean, I would somewhat be in denial, and be afraid that if I did try to help, it ends up being a misunderstanding and nothing was happening to start with, making a big fool out of myself. Don't get me wrong, If someone told me a hypothetical situation like that, I'd say I'd help right away, but when it's in person and happening right in front of me, it's like an instinctive reaction saying to not get involved.
Perhaps it really is a trait carried down by japanese people(I'm half), I just hope people will be able to overcome it more often.

My knowledge of Japanese culture is restricted to anime and hentai. Some themes are common and must have some basis in truth.

Japanese are inclined to avoid confrontation and unruly actions in public and when sober. They are excessively afraid of doing something embarrassing which would make them stand out.

When seeing something like bullying or harassment they don't step in, but look away, or blame the victim for somehow attracting unwelcome attention. When being assaulted, the target of the violence in addition to fear and being dominated also worries about 'standing out' and causing a commotion.

Pretty sweet situation for bullies and molesters.

Oh and point of information. Even sluts, prostitutes, and non-virgins are entitled to say no and not be raped.

15 isn't young at all. People seem to like treating anyone under 18 these days as a toddler but that's rubbish. She could have just as well been an office lady and yet would have reacted in the same way, or a younger girl and might have shouted out and run away.
The principles and assumptions of modern society don't match up with basic human nature.

...Okay, point taken, but wouldn't a swift kick to the you-know-where be enough to take down the chikan? And while he's keeling over, RUN.
Seriously, you aren't that helpless!

it pisses me off that when anon 17:10 was denying them they tell her that she is rude and still molest her.
Fucking psychopatic men,they all had a screw lose in their head and there are many people who act so ignorant that would be consideres psychopatic.

@ Anon 22:14
Who knew that women don't need self defense classes, they should just kick men in the nuts? /irony

Even if someone trys to help and something happens sometimes some victims tend to not say anything to the Authority's.Sometimes the person who helps get screwed by the Victims.

@y0k41

Just go do some Muay Thai or BJJ and be the hero for once. I used to be like you, afraid of what might happen if i tried to help or to retaliate, but since i've been training Muaythai+BJJ, i've felt much more confident when confronted to those kind of situations. I'm a french born chinese btw.

Right, it's not only in Japan. I'd say pretty much every modern city has this kind of problem because individualism is encouraged in modern cities.
The train man is a liie~!

Also not to mention even if she did call for help, people might not help as they do not want get involved...I mean if someone did jump in beat up the guy and rescue the girl, would he end up being a hero like we see in TV drama, or end up as someone being charged with assault because of how idiotically law and courts work in reality thesedays? (i.e. Father arrested for kissing daughter; dude got arrested for being naked in his own home etc)

This attitude comes out of fear for their own survival. They are afraid to try and stop a criminal because they fear for there life and they also think about the persons in there life.
They think: "What if he pulls a knife and stabs me? Or he hits me somewhere leaving me with a permanent problem? I have kids to take care of or i just got married or i didn't even had sex yet. I don't want to risk my life."

There even some who think. "It's none of my business let someone else help. No one would help me anyway. Why should i be the hero?"

Yes fear and apathy makes people like that.

I know it's been written before, but I'll write it again: "What the hell is wrong with those people and their society?!"

It's like they have some sort of huge void of caring, void of sense of responsibility, coupled with denial.

It makes me think of the German citizens living in cities near the Nazi extermination camps of WW II. After the war, the citizens were interviewed, and said, essentially, "No, I didn't notice anything unusual."

They were lying to themselves (and perhaps they believed that lie) and to the interviewers.

Cremation of human bodies produces a distinct, sickly-sweet smell; I don't know better how to describe it than that.

In the city where I live (U.S.A.) some perv snatched a 3-year old baby out of a stroller and ran off the train with it. The baby's mother screamed, but was so shocked she didn't move. A random male passenger jumped off the train and chased the perv, punched him down and recovered the baby. The perv ran off, but police got good descriptions of him and caught him later that same day.

They had the whole pantin' pack out hunting that guy's ass down. The cops weren't issuing speeding tickets, or parking citations, or other little crap like that, they were all out LOOKING HARD for the guy. They had a police sketch out on all the news channels, they were taking flyers around to gas stations, Mini-Marts, whatever talking to clerks, customers, loiterers and bums - and they got the guy.

The "shou ga nai wa" attitude is unacceptable.

Fear and 'apathy' are residue-instincts from when we still lived out in the plains some thousand years ago.

It's quite simple really, she were perceived to be too weak and not closely enough related to be worth the effort and possible risk involved.

Now you are thinking wrongly. I would gladly go to jail if I could prevent something like that. People are afraid and egoistic. That is all.

I see no reason why anyone would have to beat him up. Words ought to have been enough in that situation to protect her.

Agreed. I once asked my mom what she would do if someone is holding a gun but is not pointing at her. Like most people the answer they chose was to run away. Obviously that is not the answer because that will give time for the shooter to shoot you. Instead you should attack the shooter before he shoots you.

It's pretty stupid to expect terrified immature people to act rationally in a crisis situation.

It's been proven scientifically that most people, when faced with something like that, freeze up and can't think anymore.

I'm a girl, and I've been assaulted on a train, and it was in plain sight (3 guys cornered me next to a door, it wasn't too crowded). Up until then they were simply not allowing me to move from one place, and were trying to flirt with me. I calmly and politely told them to leave me alone, and they accused me of being rude for no reason. At one point one moved in to physically touch me, and I pushed him away and said very firmly LEAVE me in peace! They immediatelly changed tune from mildly threatening to lifting their arm to hit me in the face. I've never been more scared in my life. They really enjoyed me cowering in fear. They also told me: "how rude of you, do you want me to break every bone in your face"? Can you imagine, being a frail teenager and having 3 burly men threatening to beat the shit out of you? And you know what people around did? Nothing. They were looking away, embarrased by the situation. That alone took whatever guts I had.

So yeah, I'm not surprised she did whatever that piece of shit told her to. When threatened with worse, what can you do?

Anyways, I hope he gets what's coming to him in prison.

I agree with Miroku, I mean what kind of a warped view of Japan do you have if you think that every girl there has lost their virginity by age 15? I mean, yea lots of the articles here include things like that, but news is mostly about BAD things happening, because, sadly, it's more interesting that way, so typically they don't bother printing out the good, less entertaining stories.

Oh c'mon, guys (and yes, I'm sure most of the posters here are male). Virginity might be rarer nowadays than it might have in the past in Japan, but it's still possible.

You're being naive if you believe all girls are sluts (or even sexually active) at age 15.

I go to a community college in the US that fortunately takes in lots of international students. I mean lots and I mean everywhere.
So I was driving my female Japanese friend (school project related) to the library and we were talking about beauty. I like her so the conversation focused on her interests. When I asked if she had been with a man, she was shocked and didn't answer. Even when I clarified that her personal life was her choice to disclose and she replied "it's okay", she still didn't answer.
I get the impression that this 19 year old Japanese schoolgirl hasn't been with anyone but herself.

for anonymous on top:

to stereotype,that's only u can do?
1- i suppose,u idiots never have been in japan.
2- the only thing u are able to do,is jerking off in front of some japanese porn or hentai...
and u think u know everything about this culture?ridiculous.
i have been living in tokyo 7 years already,and believe me, regular girls are so fucking hard to get.only club girls and yellow-cab girls and prostitutes are easy to get.the rest...good luck my friends..

Yes. This is true. Plenty plenty plenty of Japanese schoolgirls haven't even been kissed, let alone slept with man. Hell, I live in the place now and my girlfriend of 1 year was a virgin until her mid-twenties 20s when I got to her.

However, she was also sexually assaulted at a young age by some sick fucks like this sexless IT worker. Sorry guys, but between 40 year old man who can't keep his shit together and a 15 year old student on her way home/to juku/whatever, I know where my sympathies lie.

sad thing is, it will, and many times more

Who said she was a virgin? She was a Japanese schoolgirl and therefore a raging slut.

but the article never said that she's a virgin

Haha 15 year old Japanese girl a virgin? You'd have to be pretty naive to believe that!

Shit, I wanted to click the plus, but accidentally got the minus. Sorry @ anon from 18:54 31/10/2009.

Doubt she was a virgin. The chikan might have been one of her previous customers who didn't feel like he got his money's worth.

Thats because k is a closet rapist who is probably furiously masturbating as an underage schoolgirl got her hymen penetrated.

I know I am

That's because k is a closet rapist, whom is probably furiously masturbating over the fact that an underage schoolgirl got her hymen penetrated by an elderly man in a trainstation washroom.

I know I am.