13.2.09

Après Fight Club, le Shibuya Pink Girl’s Club

Every year 2,000-plus train chikan, or perverts, are arrested for groping women and schoolgirls—the vast majority during the morning rush hour, causing minor delays. For years, females just put up with the indignity of groping, either out of embarrassment or out of fear that their claim would not be taken seriously. But habits are now changing, and women will hold up the offender's hand and shout "Chikan!". Several lines also have women-only carriages for peak hours. A few men's lives have been broken because of false accusations.

The only thing that can be said with confidence is that Japan has found original ways to make money out of people's sexual predilections. Little more than a stone's throw from the huge Shibuya station is the "Shibuya Pink Girl's Club", which on its varied menu offers a chikan densha, or pervert train.

Le punch est au dernier paragraphe.

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