Japanese Man Dresses Up As Schoolgirl To Fight Molestation But Ends Up Getting Harassed
He was hugged from behind, with harassers getting as close as they could to his body on the train.
By Yap Wan Xiang — 15 Feb 2023, 01:12 PM
A Japanese crossdresser, who dressed up as a schoolgirl to protest against molestation, was harassed by a group of men while taking the train
Twitter user @yuuui__chan, known to his followers as Yui, went viral in Japan last month for detailing how he was harassed on 14 January, the first day of the Common Test for University Admissions in Japan.
Yahoo! Japan reported that on 14 and 15 January, men in Japan took advantage of the fact that female students did not have the time to report their harassers to the authorities while commuting on the train as that would make them late for the exam.
It is such a norm that led to the coining of the infamous term "unlimited molestation day".
Dressed in a school uniform with a short skirt and blazer, Yui tweeted at 7.50am on that day, "One man single-handedly taking on the molestation of exam students. I'm going now."
By evening, Yui revealed that he was harassed by a group of men while he was on the train in the morning
"They didn't touch me directly, but hugged me from behind and got as close as they could to my body [when] there were full of people (in the train)," he recalled
"They ended up cornering me in a spot and wouldn't let me out. The breathing of some guys on my neck was uncomfortable. I couldn't do anything, because I thought that if I resisted, they might hurt me. It was the first time I took the morning train in uniform. I was naive."
At the time of writing, Yui's tweet has been viewed over nine million times and garnered 66,500 likes.
He said he wanted to take the train the next day, but he changed his mind as the experience he encountered the day before was too traumatising.
Some netizens were not happy with Yui's method of activism, saying that his action merely gave harassers a "successful experience"
"If you do something like this without anyone asking, take responsibility until the end," one person criticised.
"Even if you now understand what it's like, it's meaningless if you don't take action to resolve it," added a Twitter user.
"Dressing like a woman and getting on the train will only give abusers a successful experience, thus increasing the harm," contended a netizen.
If you or someone you know may be at risk or has experienced sexual abuse or assault, please reach out to these Malaysian organisations:
1. WOMEN'S AID ORGANISATION (WAO)
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3. WOMEN'S CENTRE FOR CHANGE PENANG (WCC PENANG)
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4. SARAWAK WOMEN FOR WOMEN SOCIETY (SWWS)
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7. INTERNET WATCH FOUNDATION (IWF)
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