2011-04-30, 02:32 AM
Sarah Wrote:There are many attacks in America that do go unreported, but there also many false reports. The Japanese are a lot less vocal about these things, however, meaning that any evidence based on actual reports isn't representative of any real truth as to what is going on in either country.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/...sue1/gray/
One of many studies indicating that women in Japan are highly unlikely to report any sort of sexual assault for varying reasons.
Adult females in Japan have issues with reporting rape, not children. The buildup of stereotypes has not reached the point where they accept the situation, yet. The only issue they have with gathering statistics on child rape in Japan is trying to get information out of the girls later in life, and, on that note, they have started using a questionnaire in middle/high school in Japan that, even if they try to lie about it, would signify that fact upon study, since a lot of the questions overlap in a way that what people in this thread have already termed "an underdeveloped mind" would not be able to fully comprehend. I'm sure some of them try to trick it to keep the offender safe in a fushizen case, but very few would be able to do so successfully.
Also, this article mainly goes over the trial portion of the case, not the reports. I was aware that Japan is a heavily patriarchal country that usually will side with the man in court over the woman no matter the circumstances, but again, that has nothing to do with the report itself. Even if they don't go to court over it/the trial bounces, the report will still exist.