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“EnJO・kosai”(assjsted
■
轡【g)lSthe Probfem
OfMateAdults
RUm腑○納帽由
(TbacheroflbyokoGakuenJuniorHighSchooI)
Itwas1995-1996whentheterm・;edo・kosai”
(assistedorpaiddating)startedappeanngwidelyin
themedia.Somediscussedthebehaviorsofthe
highschoolgirlsas“sensational”.Magazineswrote
about“abnormalsexualityamonghighscム001girls”,
andthetelevisionsshowedtheirloosesocksand
miniskirtsfromlowangle,Creatingtheimagethat
“e可0-kosai”restsontheproblematicbehaviorsof
highschoolgirls.Highlyinfluencedbysuchmedia
reports,lecherousmaleadultstriedtopickupany
girlwhoseemedtobeahighschooIstudent.In
thosedays,iwasinchargeofthesecondyearclass
inthejuniorhighschool.Suchmensoughtsexual
relationshipsandwerewi11ingtopay50,000yen
(US$400.00),nOtOnlyfbrhighschoolgirlsbutalso
youngergirlsatmystudents’age.nestudents
WereO蝕ndedbysuchaninsultingo飽r.
A触rfiveyears,Studentssaythattherearefew
menwhoapproachgirlsinschoolunifbrmandask
forsexualrelationshiponthestreetnowadays.It
SeemSthattheregulationsofpunishmentonchild
PrOStitution,introducedbyTbkyoMetropolitan
govemmentin1997,andtheChildProstitutionand
ChildPornographyPreventionLawadoptedin
1999,havehadsomeefftct.AmalefHendofmine
decidednottowalkwithgirlsinschoolunifbrmsto
preventothersfrommisunderstanding.nenew
regulationsandthenewlawweresuccessfulin
Shiftingthefocusfromthegirlsto′themaleadults
Whoarewillingtopayfbrsex.
However,‘‘enjo-kosai”has definite】y not
Vanished.OnNovember1,2001,theMetropolitan
PoliceDepartmentannouncedthatthe叩mberof
CaSeSinvoIving“deaikeisite”(internetsitesfor
dating)inthe蝕sthalfofthisyearhavetripledfroma
yearago.Amongthecasesreported,thelargest
number,133,Werethecasesofprostitutionand
POrnOgraPhyinvolvinggirlsundertheageof18・But
thiswasjustthetipoftheiceberg.Manymore
undisclosedcasesmusthavetakenplace.“enJO-
kosai”haschangedthefbrm;insteadofpickingup
girlsonthestreet,nOWmenlookfbrthemthrough
informationtechnologysuchasPCsandcellular
phones.
High-SChool gi「ls wearing
mi山一Skirt and high-SOCks
Manypeoplehavearguedthattherealcauseof
“e可0-kosai”isthebehaviorofgirls.Ⅰ,fromthe
beginnlnghowever,haveconsideredthemenwho
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buyasfarmoreresponsible.“WhydoJapanese
maleadultsareeagertohavesexwithmiddleorhigh
SChoolgirls?”iaskedmystudentstheotherday
Whenwehadadiscussionoverinternetsitesfor
dating.Theseweretheresponses:
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‘‘Thosemiddleagedmenarejustsu飽ring加ma
Lelitacomplex.”
‘‘Tbeyonlywishtohavesexwithyoungergirls
becausetheylackcon蔦dence.”
“Ybungergirlsarephysicallyffesher・”
“TheywanttOgalnenergy放omyounggirls.”
“Anyway;theyaresidkening!!’’
Thestudentsexpressedtheiropln10nSand
fbelingstomeinclass.Eveniftheirresponseswere
insu班cient,theypointanimportantreality.Being
StreSSedatworkorfeelingtheonsetofasexuAl
decline,thesemen,relyingonthepowerofmoney,
approachyounggids,hopingtorecoverenergyand●
youthfulness.neyeqoythemomentary;Virtual
love.
A43-yeaト01djudgeofthelbkyoCourtof
AppealswasarrestedlastMayforbuyingthree
younggidsbetween14and16;itwasreportedthat
hestated,“Iwantedexcitementtoforgetstressof
WOrkJwasinteresstedinyounggirls.’’Onecan
understandthesituationofJapanesemenwhoare
underextremestress.However;Whydon’ttheytry
toeasetheirstressthroughcommunicationwith
theirwives?A00OrdingtotheMinistryofⅥ厄Ifare
andhborJapanesemen,COmparedtomalesof
Othercountrieshavelesssexwiththeirwivesand
Seekprostitutionmorefrequentlyoutsidetheir
mamageS.Theresearchsuggestsasituationin
WhichJapanese married couples cling to a
traditionalroleofhusbandandw娩andstop
pursulngSeXualsatisfactiononcetheygetmarried
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andhavechildren.neresearchalsohighlightsthe
attitudeofJapanesemaleadultswhodonotwish
forsexualcommumicationwiththeirpartners,but
rathertoseekitftomthesexindustry.Ⅰtispoor
SeXualityofJapanesemaleadults,Whohavenot
establishedhumanandsexualrelationshipsas
matureadultsandinventedthesystemof“eqo-
kosaiM.
Moreover,itisnotonlymarried,middle-aged
adults,butalsomeninthe20sand30swhowentto
do“enjo・kosai’’.They may not have any
experiencepursulngloveandeqoylngSeXOnan
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equalfbotingwithwomen.ItisquiteseriOusthat
thereisanewgenerationofmenwholackthe
COnfidence to dealWith women of the same
generationandsotheycannnothavesexwithout■
Paylng.Sincesuchmenareontheincrease,We
havetosmphasizethesignificanceofsexeducation
fbrmalestudents.
Althoughsex education has made some
progress,atpreSent,itdoesnotcoveranythingbut
issuesofreproductionsuchaspregnancy,birth,
birth controland abortion.Particularly,SeX
educationfbrmalesremaininsu伴icient,andthus,
SeXualimagesportrayedinpornographymagazines
andvideosinnuencethesexualsenseofJapanese
males.Sexeducationneedstoencouragemento
freethemselvesfromtheideathatsexualactshas
nothingtodowithpersonaHdentity;andtoenJOy
SeXuallifeinrelationwithapartner.Sucheducation
ShouldnotbelimitedtoschooIs;adultshaveto
leamtoo.
MyExperienceasaLawyer
SupponingtheCourtCase
againstMenlnvoIvedinChiId
Prost托utioninAsia
50ね血0花山of
(Ia叩er)
ltwas1995whenIwasnrstinfo,med。fthefact
thatalotofchildrenoutsideofJapanweresoldas
SeXSlavesandthatagreatnumberofJapanesemen
Werebuyingthem.Ilearnedthisatasymposium.If
anadultsexuallyabusesachildunder18yearsold,
byfbrcingthemtohavesexorcompellingthemto
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perfbrmindecently;itisacrime,eVenifthechildis
glVenmOneyforthatconduct・InJapan,SuChacts
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areregardedasrapeorindecentassaultbythe
Criminallaw.IfaJapanesecitizencommitssucha
Crimeabroad,hecanbepunishedintheJapanese
legalsystem,becausethereisaprovisionof
Punishmentofacriminalcommittingcrimeabroad.
IthasbeenpresentsincetheJapanesecriminallaw
WaSeStablished.However,untilnownoJapanese
perSOnWhohascommittedacrimeabroadhasever
beprosecutedinJapan・
Myco-WOrkersandIfbrmedagroup,“hwyers
fbrⅥctimsofChildProstitution”toprovidelegal
SupPOrtfbrsexuallyabusedchildren・HereIwould
liketoreportonwhatwehaveachievedandwhere
Wehavefailedinourinvestigations.
The DiffjcuIty of Jnternatjonal
tnve$tigation:ACa$elnthePh‖pplne$
ne銭rstcasewetriedtodealwithhadhappened
inthePhilipplneS.“M”,WhocalledNobailis
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admittedbefbreprosecution.UndertheAnglo-
Americanlaw,however,aSuSPeCthastherightby
thelawtogethisorherphysicallibertybypaylng
bail.BailinthePhilipplneSisworthlessthan
l00,000yen(US$800)・Thisislargeamountof
moneyformostFilipinopeoplebutnotfbrmost
Japanese.hthecaseofM,WeCOuldeasilypredict
thatifhewerereleasedbefbreprosecutionagaln
andwentbacktoJapan,hewouldrepeatthesame
Crime.ThePhilippineECPATPliminationofChild
Prostitution,ChildPomographyandna餓ckingof
ChildrenfbrSexualPurposes)askedustohelp
PreVentSuCh asituationfrom occumng.Ⅵ毎
decidedtomakelegalpreparationstodealwiththe
CaSeinJapanbefbrehewasreleased.Atthetime,
Wethoughtthatpreventinghim餌mbeingreleased
WaSimportant.Ⅵ屯werepreparingtoaccusehimas
athirdpartytothevictim,uSlngrePOrtSaCquired
throughthePhilippineECPALAswehadn’tmet
withtheftmalevictim,WeCOu】dn’tbecomeher
attomey.Butourgoalwastosavevictims,nOttO
enlightenpeople,SOWedecidedtomeetthevictim
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lnperSOnandtochargeMwiththecrimeofsexually
abusingachild.
ItwasinMay1996thatwewenttoseethe
Victim,WhowaslivinginMarillac.Marillacisa
nationalinstitutionwherethechildrenwhohave
beensexuallyabusedandexploitedareprotected.
Ittumedoutthatthevictim’sparentswereforclng
hertobeaprostitute.Theywereaccomplicestothe
Crime.Ⅵねreceivedaletterofattorneyfromthe
manageroftheinstitute,Whohadlegalparental
rightsoverthegirl,andfinallyaccusedMinJuly.
Still,therewasaproblemwiththelegalsystemin
Japan.AtthattimeJapanhadarulethatstatedthat
SeXCrimeshadtobereportedwithinsixmonthsof
theincident.(Thisrulewasabolishedin2000.)
Becauseofthisregulation,victimsofsexcrimes
Su飴redverymuch.Sixmonthswasnotenoughfor
avictimtorecoverftomtheshockandabuse.Few
Victimscouldtakeanylegalactionwithinthat
Period.Thissix-mOnthlimitationwas,infact,
efftctivenotfbrprotectingtherightsofvictimsbut
forprotectingsuspects.InM’scase,Whenwe
PreSentedthebillofcomplaintinJuly,Sixmonths
had passed already.Ⅵねinsisted thatit was
impossiblefbrthegirltomakeanaCCuSationaslong
asshewasunderthecontrolofherparents.Wt
demandedthatthesixmonthsbecountedffomthe
dayMwasarrestedandthegirlmovedtoMarillac.
nepoliceacceptedourdemandandreceivedthe
accusationletter.
hdealingwiththiscase,Weleamedhowdi餓cult
itwastoconductanintemationalinvestigation.lf
thesuspectisarrestedabroadandthereisan
investigationgolngOnthere,hemightbereleased
andrebmtoJapanatanytime.Itisalsodi餌cultto
begininvestigatingacaseinJapan.Japanesepolice
musthaveinformationaboutthecase,butbecause
Ofthebarrierofnationalsovereignty,Japanese
POlicecannotgoabroadandgetinfbrmationfreely.
hterpoIwasestablishedtohelpwithintemational
investigations・Itisaninternational,COOPerative
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SyStemOfpoliceo餓ces.Thecentralpoliceo班cesin
twoormorecountriescanexchangeinformation
basedonarequestfromalocalpoliceOffice.
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However,thistakesalotoftime.Justexchanglng
infbrmationcantakeamonthVVhenwewantto
havesomeinfbrmativepaperssent,Wehavetouse
anOthersystem・InterpoIcan’tsendthingsthatare
neededintheJapanesecourt.¶leOthersystemfor
relayinginformationisthediplomaticroute,Which
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includestheMinistryofForelgnAffairsandthe
embassiesofthecountriesinvoIved.Wbhaveto
makefbrmalinvoicesrequestsandthisusually
invoIvesalotofpaperWOrkwithmanyformal
SlgnatureS・
hM’scase,ittooknearlyhalfayeartoreceive
evenbasicinfbrmationthroughthediplomatic●
Channel.Duringthattime,inthePhilipplneSSOme
PeOPleweretryingtopreventM’srelease.They
WerethePhilipplneECPATandthelawyersatthe
institutionswheresixboys,OthervictimsofM,Were
living.Asaresultoftheaccusationsofthesixboys,●
Mwasnotreleased.HewassentencedtoprlSOn
fbrsevenyearsfbreachvictim,atOtalof42years.
MremainslnPnSOninthePhilipplneS.
UnderJapanesecriminalla叫aCriminalwhohas
receivedpunishmentd)rOadcanbepunishedagaln
inJapan.Still,Whenthesentenceisdetermined,the
periodofimprlSOnmentabroadistobededucted
fromthepnsonterminJapan.So,ifacriminalhas
beensentencedandserved鎖veyearsinaPhilipplne
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pnson,andlaterissentencedto重veyearslnpnSOn
inJapan,heorsheneednotspendtimeinthe●
JapaneseprlSOn.hrealityiJapanesecourtsdon’t
glVeaSmanyaSfbrty・tWOyearSOfpenalservitude.
Thegirl’scaseremainsunsettledbecausethe
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Criminalhasalreadyreceivedapnsonsentencefor
Othercrimes.
A肋CkingtheVictimS
¶ゐdealtwithanothercaseofa13-year・Oldgirl
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inthePhilipplneSWhowasconfined,raPedand
physicallyhurt.Thecriminalinthecase,aJapanese
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malewhomIwillcall〟Ⅰ”,WaSarreStedinthe
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PhilipplneSandlaterreleased.Thereweresix
victimsinal1,yetOnlyoneofthemdecidedtomake
anaccusation.When以Ⅰ”wasarrestedinManila,it
WaSSenSationalnewsbecauseitwasthefirsttimea
JapaneseperSOnhadbeenarrestedthere.The
mediawidelyreportedthegirl’snameandpictured
herface.Eventuallyalltheresidentsofthearea
knewthatthatgirlwasthevictimofasexcrime.
Becauseofthis,thegirlwasbulliedatschool,Which
madeherunabletoattend.ShechangedschooIs,●
butsoonstoppedgolngtOSChool.Sheevenrefused
togetoutofherhousealltogether.Shelatersaid
thatshecouldn’tgooutsidefbrthreeyearsafterthe
incident.Ⅵ屯visitedherin1996,鎖veyearsafterthe
incident,andshewasstillathome.Theonlytime
Shewentoutwaswhensheattendedthechoirat
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ChurchonSundays.
ThegirlcontimedfightingthecourtinManila.
Dudngthattime,Sheandherfhmilymemberswere
attackedandblackmailed.Whenherparentswere
golngtOthecourtonetime,theywerethreatened
Withagun.EventheirattorneyWaSbribedbythe
SuSPeCtandtriedtoperSuadehertowithdrawthe
accusation,Sayingthatitwouldbegoodfbrherand
herfamily.Herparentslosttheirjobsbecauseofthe
case.Herfatherwentabroadtowork.Theincident
nearlybrokethefamily.Nooneofferedtohelpthe
Victimandherfhmilymembers;nOjusticewas
restored.
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InthePhilipp)neS,raPeandabusecrimeshavea
SeVen・yearStatuteOflimitations.Ⅵ屯triedto
encourage her and her fami1y to make an
accusation.Buthermothersaidthatremembering
theattacksofthemedia,Shecouldn’tconvince■
herselftodothesamethingagain.Onheanngthat,
Wethoughtthatitwouldbeimpossibletopersuade
them.Ⅵ屯weren’tsureifwecouldprotectthem
fromsuchterrorandviolencewhileprosecutingthe
SuSPeCtinJapan.Wtdidn’tevenknowifwecould
accusethesuspect,aJapanesenationalstaying
abroad,SuCCeSSfully.ItwasatthistimethatI
thoughtitextremelyimportantthatsocietyshould
haveanattitudetoprotectingvictimsofsexual
Violence.
TheCorruptionofPoliceandProblemS
inlnve$tigation-ACa$einThaHand
Finally;Ⅰ’dliketopresentthecaseofaJapanese
malesuspectwhowasarrestedinAugust1996in
Pattqya,nailand.Afterthearrest,hewasreleased
OnbailandwentbacktoJapan・Hewastobethe
触tJ叩aneSeCriminalpunishedinhishomecountry
fbracrimecommittedabroad.
Thevictimwasanll・year・01dboy・nepOlice
had brokeninto ahotelroom and arrestedthe
SuSpeCt,Whowastherewiththeboy.Tbeboywas
totallynakedwhenthepolicearrivedonthescene.
Underthecircumstances,Wethoughtthatitwould
bearelativelysmoothtasktosueandpunishthe
SuSpeCtOnaChargeofchildprostitution.However,
thingsdidn’tturnouttobethateasy.Infact,We
facedalotofdi餓culties.A鮎rwesuedthesuspect,
theJapanesepoliceinchargestartedtoinvestigate
thecaseinThailand.TheyusedInterpolandthe
diplomaticrouteincollectingevidence.Indoing
that,WefoundthatthepoliceinPatayawascorruPt.
InPataya,yOuWOuldseemanyforelgnmen
Walkingaroundwithlocalchildren.ThePataya
localpolicedidsometimesarrestsuchmen,butthat
WaStOgetmOr)eyfromrichfbreigners.ThecorruPt
PatayapolicearrestedfbrelgnerSOnthechargeof
Childprostitutioninordertogetbailmoneyfrom
them.
In thatsituation,We COuldn’t getenough
infbrmationfromthePatayapolice.Thepolice
reportofthemalevictimwaspracticallyan
invention.Ⅵ屯couldn’tarrestthesuspeCtbasedon
thePatayapolicerepoertwithinsu鎖cientevidence,
aTldtwoyearspassedinvain.Withhelpfrommany
people,WeSuCCeededininvitingthevictimizedboy
toJapan,Whenwestartedinvestigatingthecase
again・Theinvestigationwascruelfbrtheboy.He
hadto answerlong,detailed questions.The
Japanesepolicerepeatedlyaskedwhatthesuspect
didtotheboy,Whichwasmorethanhecouldbear.
Thepoliceweredoingthatbecausewithouta
detailedreporttheycouldn’tprovethesuspeCtWaS
guiltyundertheJapanesecourtsystem.
Theboyquicklyidentifiedthesuspectfroma
line-uPOfmenthroughaglasswindowinthepolice
Station・In the reproduced hotel room,he
demonstratedwhatthesuspeCtdidtohimwithtears
inhiseyes.However,thesuspectwasnotarrested.
ThatwasbecausethesuspeCtdeniedthecrimeand
thepublicprosecutordidn’tbelievetheboy;Saymg
thathecouldn’tarrestthemanwithouttestimony
fromathirdperson.
Aswewerestrugglingwithsuchdi餓cuIties,the
brokeroftheboywasarrestedandreceiveda
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SentenCe OfimprlSOnmentin Thailand・Ⅵね
presentedthisfacttotheJapanesepoliceas●
evidencethatathirdpartywasinvoIved,believlng
thatitwouldprovideenoughevidencetoarrestthe
SuSpeCt.Tbenthepublicprosecutorsaidthathe
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WOuldliketogotoPatayaandquestiontheboyln
person.Meanwhile,theprosecutorshadchanged.
TheprosecutorwenttoPatayaandmetwiththe
boy,buthedecidedtherewasinsufficientevidence
becausetheboy’stestimonyhadchanged.Tbus,it
WaSunderstandablethattheboydidn’tmake
preciselythesameexplanation.Atnrstthepolicein
Patayahadn’tdealtwiththecasesincerely.Ithad
beenthreeyearssincehehadvisitedJapanand
madehisstatement.Hehadalreadytumed16,and
itwasonlynaturalthathecouldn’trememberthe
incidentexactly.Still,theprosecutorinsistedthatas
longasthesuspectdeniedthecrime,thetestimony
Ofthevictimandtheevidenceshouldbeconsistent.
InMaythemanwasnotindicted.Wbwere
Shockedanddisappointedthattheboy’stestimony
WaSnOttruStedandtakensincerely.
Noww甲reCOntinulngCivillawsuitfbrtheboy・
HeisgoingtogivetestimonyagainintheJapanese
COurtin futhre.This time he will have to be
questionedbythedeftndantside,Whichwebelieve
willbeaharshexperiencefbrhim.Tbprovethathe
isthevictimofthecrime,hehastodothisJftel
Sincerelysorryforhim.Still,aSWehavespentalong
timeandefEbrtonthiscase,Wearedeterminedto
COntinuesupportinghimuntilhewantStOStOp.
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ChangeSexistSoci6ty
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BeforeBIamIngMen
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Itisimportantformetonotethatthisarticle
addresses prostittJtion exclusively between●
COnSentingadults.IndiscusslngprOStitutionI
questionwhetheritisappropriatetocondemnthe
menwhopartakeintheexchange.Itisofmy● ■
OPlnlOnthatwhendebatingtheactofprostitutionit
isnotalwaysmeaningfulto蔦ndthemaleastheonly
Culprit.
ThefirstreasonwhyIthinkitisratherpointless
toblamemalebuyersisthatIbelievethatnotall
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menwhoeng喝elnPrOStitutionactoftheirownwi11.
Meaningthattheactofbuyingsexisapassiveact
inducedbythesexindustrythatdesensitizesthe
moralityoftheissue.Therearemanymenwhoare
fullyawareoftheiractionsandtherearesomemen
Whobuysexthatrealizethenatureoftheactand
COmetOanunderstandingthatitisaterriblething.
Theydonothesitatetodiscusstheirexperiences.
HowevehIdonotthinkitthemoste触ctivewayof
makingmalebuyersawareoftheproblemtoblame
themasblindtofaults.Ispeakfromexperience,aS
Iusedtoworkwithinthesexindustryandhavefirst
handexperience-WatChingmalebuyers・Duringthat
PeriodIregardedonlythesemenwhodemanded
me to do the service notin the contract as
perpetrators.Icouldnotconsiderthosemenwho
keptthecontractasperpetrators.Ⅰnreality,my
experiencewiththesemenmakemelookatthemas
Verymiserablepeople.Itisbecausethey had
COntaCtwithmebypaylngmOney;theywere
ridiculedanddeceivedbyme,andalsotheir
PreCiousbodieswereill-treatedbyme.
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As for those womenin
PrOStitution,itisunderstoodthat,in
Ordertosurviveinthesexistsociety,
theyhavenootherchoicethantofind
employmentinthesexindustry.Then
isn’titpossibletothinkthatmenare
alsoinducedunconsciouslytomake
Choicetobuywomen’ssexinthis
SeXistsociety?Isitfairtoblameonly
menwhocometotheprostitutionarea
inthesexist society?
ThesecondreasonwhyIcannot
agreetoblamemalebuyersisthat,I
think,PrOStitutionisnottheproblemof
Onlythosemenandwomenwhoare
actuallyinvoIvedinit.Thosemenand
womenwhoareinvoluedinarethe
husbands,Wifts,SOnS,daughtersor
lovers.Itisimportamtrightsfbran
individualtoexpressnegativefeeling
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towardprostitution,Saylng,Idon’tlike
ithorIamangryagainstit・Howeverdowehave suchasociety・
hadsuchsexlifegoodenoughtobeangrywith
malebuyers?
Ifwejust reproach the male buyers as
PerPetratOrS,thenwewouldbeforcedtoreally
decidewhichpartyistobeblamed,maleor飴male?
JuOngthislineofthinkingmaycovertherealsource
Ofnourishmentforthesexindustry;Whichisthe
SeXismthatperVadesoursociety.
Iaminnowayunderscoringthemanyproblems
thatmaniftstinprostitutionofadultmenand
WOmen.Sexualvi01enceduringtheservice,POOr
WOrkingconditions,discriminationandcontempt
fbrwomenengagedintheproftssionareproblem
andalSoitisaproblemthatsociallydisadvantaged
WOmenarefbrcedtochooseprostitution.Ithinkthe
realcauseofthisproblemisnotthemalebuyersbut
thesocietythatisbasedonsexualdiscrimination.
Therefore,itisvitallyimportanttomakean
OqeCtiveanalysisandcriticismofthesocietyitself,
Whichisbasedonsexualdiscriminationandchange
Inordertodothis,WemuSt understandmore
aboutthemalebuyersbecausetheyarerenection
Ofour society.We need toinvestigate and
understandwhatitisliketobebroughtupasaman
inJapan.Whatisitliketoliveasanadultmalein
Japanese society?Those male buyers have
importantandusefulinfbrmationtoknowmore
aboutthesexistsociety.Iwouldliketosuggestthat
Whatthemostimportantisnottocondemnmen,
buttolistentothemandtothinktogetherl
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