Chikan
Chikan ( jap. 痴 漢 , dt. "Sittenstrolch, pervert") describes a special kind of sexual harassment in Japan .
The tightness in a crowd (especially in commuter trains ) is used by men to sexually touch women who happen to be nearby and to gain pleasure from it. Occasional cases of chikan by women against men or homosexual chikan have also become known.
Although chikan is a criminal offense in Japan , there have been few reports for a long time. On the one hand, many victims are still ashamed today of publicly identifying themselves as such; instead, the harassment is endured or an attempt is made to escape unobtrusively. On the other hand, it also happens that even women who shout “Chikan” do not receive any help from the bystanders. For some time now, however, the police , railway operators and the media have been trying to raise public awareness of the problem and ask on posters in stations and trains that people caught at Chikan be handed over to a railway employee immediately. In addition, more and more Japanese railway companies are designating one wagon of each train as a women’s car at rush hour and in the evening hours, and only women are allowed to board.
Similar phenomena in other countries
Sexual harassment is also a common problem on Mexico City's public transportation . The city administration reacted in a similar way to Japan and introduced its own women's buses.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/International/story?id=803965&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
- ↑ Thom K Bailey: The His and Hers Subway. belsona-strategic.com, 2003, archived from the original on January 13, 2007 ; accessed on February 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Olaf Sundermeyer, Mexico City: Local transport in Mexico: No desire for the sex bus. In: Spiegel Online . February 8, 2008, accessed June 9, 2018 .
