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Originally Posted by YuriTokoro
Hi, dogsbody!
Please understand that I don’t mean to criticize your culture, custom or way of thinking. I just want you to know that there are differences between your culture and ours.
Did you read the example in the train?
It’s true that the American man in the train helped the woman, but he held up his fists smiling. Japanese people wouldn’t do that.
I have a lot of examples.
For example:
My American friends came to Japan. I was guiding them in Tokyo.
We have “women-only train cars” in Tokyo.
They asked why. It is because there are a lot of molestation cases.
They didn’t understand and said that they would beat gropers out.
Their faces were so excited.
They seemed that they were sure they were able to beat gropers out.
They didn’t even try to understand why we have women-only train cars here.
Most Japanese women can’t beat gropers out.
Their faces seemed to be saying that “WE WOULD BEAT GROPERS OUT! WE LOVE TO BEAT GROPERS OUT! WE CAN BEAT TROPERW OUT! WE ENJOY BEATING GROPERS OUT! WE CAN! WE CAN! WE CAN!! WE CAN!!!!!!”
I think they didn’t mean that, but they seemed so to me…
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If you don't mind me stepping in here, I understand molestation is a big problem in Japan, especially Tokyo, with its severely crowded trains. Very often here I come across people who tend to have an aggressive nature. Once after school about 5 years ago, I looked into a garage business at some people mucking about, only to have "What are you looking at?" shouted at me in an aggressive tone. I think in the western world, the majority of guys like to be & act masculine. I would say I get some very odd looks just because I wear a pink visor. This may mean 'showing off' to attract female attention, like peacocks do in the wild. Of course, this behaviour can't work everywhere