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INTEREST: Aichi Governor Vows Crackdown on Lewd Selfies by Ghibli Park Visitors

What a stupid thing to be mad over. They are just statues.

Blazi wrote:

What a stupid thing to be mad over. They are just statues.

I think everybody knows they are just statues and not real people. But sexual assault is a very common not taking seriously in Japan. So this is only another incident that you’re sending the message that sexual assault is “no big deal “hence why people especially woman are against it.

If you slap the statue, do you think the negative feedback will be as severe? Probably not.

Not to mention, the park is considered a family friendly area. A lot of their parents probably don’t want her children being exposed to anything sexually related

Lily70 wrote:

Blazi wrote: What a stupid thing to be mad over. They are just statues. I think everybody knows they are just statues and not real people. But sexual assault is a very common not taking seriously in Japan. So this is only another incident that you’re sending the message that sexual assault is “no big deal “hence why people especially woman are against it. If you slap the statue, do you think the negative feedback will be as severe? Probably not. Not to mention, the park is considered a family friendly area. A lot of their parents probably don’t want her children being exposed to anything sexually related

You see the problem is that the statues are in the spotlight here, which doesn't fix anything. In fact it makes it a laughing matter. If you want things to change than crack down on actual assault, not statues.

Blazi wrote:

Lily70 wrote: Blazi wrote: What a stupid thing to be mad over. They are just statues. I think everybody knows they are just statues and not real people. But sexual assault is a very common not taking seriously in Japan. So this is only another incident that you’re sending the message that sexual assault is “no big deal “hence why people especially woman are against it. If you slap the statue, do you think the negative feedback will be as severe? Probably not. Not to mention, the park is considered a family friendly area. A lot of their parents probably don’t want her children being exposed to anything sexually related You see the problem is that the statues are in the spotlight here, which doesn't fix anything. In fact it makes it a laughing matter. If you want things to change than crack down on actual assault, not statues.

Agreed, but this is an easy ''win'' to achieve even if it does nothing to make things better.

I think everybody knows those just statue and not real people. But the fact that sexual assault in many instances, it’s not taken as seriously in Japan send a message that this is this is no big deal even if it’s on a statue.

There are many men who gropes woman on trains, or takes upskirt photos, and most of the time or not taken seriously. So this is only another instance of it’s no big deal, even if it’s on a statue.

I mean it is serious enough that our phones in Japan now have a loud shutter on it so you can hear when a photo is being taken. Is this not an induction of how common and serious
Sexual assault is?

I'm sorry, but this makes no sense. Japan saw there was an issue with cellphones being used maliciously so they passed a requirement that aimed to fix that. They also made women only train cars to combat chikan. That sounds like the exact opposite of not taking it seriously. It sounds as if you're punishing Japan for actually addressing the issue rather than other countries where they pretend it doesn't exist or they value things like freedom over safety which is why they can't impede on people's phones or implement women's only spaces. Do you think people don't creepshot in America or something? The only difference is there's no measures being put into place to prevent it.

One just needs to look at the actual statistics to showcase that Japan has combated these issues far better than western countries have. No country is perfect, but those who complain about Japan's treatment of the issue would no doubt be horrified if they saw what it's like in other countries like America or the UK. It's like saying since no one wears masks in America anymore, covid must be beaten and it's safe, compared to Japan who is still wearing masks so it must be a much deadlier issue there.

If the actual creators don't care, I don't see why anyone else should, but Twitter is going to complain about everything at the end of the day. The most charitable reading I can give this governor's response is something like Uchay's take in that it's just a performative boilerplate response to appease the tourism bureau and he doesn't actually care about this.

Otherwise, these kinds of photos are nothing new. People have taken these kinds of photos with statues all the way from Ronald McDonald bench statues to Hindu Goddess statues in India. There's even famous statues like the one in Verona of Juliet Capulet where it's a tradition that groping her breasts is said to bring good luck and it is a common tourist attraction there. The character in question is 13 years old, for those who don't remember their Shakespeare.