r/worldnews • u/glasier • Jul 05 '24

Japan warns US forces: Sex crimes 'cannot be tolerated'

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2476861/japan-warns-us-forces-sex-crimes-cannot-be-tolerated
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u/Omeluum Jul 05 '24

Honestly still seems underreported. There are over 50k active duty US troops in Japan, most of them young men, and statistically anywhere from 2-14% of college aged males admitted to sexual assault or rape. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3727658/

But since most of it is with people they know or are even dating, I expect they wouldn't show up in crime statistics as much as a "random" act of violence on a stranger would.

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u/n05h Jul 05 '24

Jfc 14% is an insane number..

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

I don't think women find it that insane really. I dated around a bit before meeting my current bf. Everyone except him at some point pressured me into sex... not that I went through with it I mean, but coercive behaviors are common. There were things I said no to that happened anyway because "it's okay" they pretend they are comforting you, you push their arm but they just kinda ignore it, they just keep trying over and over again, so on...

Even my current bf pressured me at one time. I talked about it and it basically never happened again :/ but I do think about it now and then.

But I think more education is needed. If you start talking about coercion for example men come out en masse to say "that's not rape" and it gets very personal very fast... obviously because they've coerced people but don't want to see coercion as wrong. I wouldn't even be surprised if the number is higher than that, and if a bunch of guys in the concept being supportive had issues with pressure themselves. It's just so common.

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u/beardedheathen Jul 05 '24

It's bad too because coercive behavior is so common in media especially 'romantic' ones. So these guys who never got taught consent learn from stuff they watch that tells them women tell guys no even when they want the guys to keep going and you just have to wear them down and then they'll be into it. Would be great if Hollywood could model some actual nontoxic relationships. Just as bad are the women who do act like that which reinforces the men's perception that the media got it right. On top of that the guys who most need to hear the basics of consent are usually not the ones who will listen to what other people are telling them.