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A sign on a station platform in Osaka, Japan, showing the boarding point for a ladies-only car.

Groping, when used in a sexual form, is touching another person in a sexual way. Areas of the body most frequently groped include the genitals, buttocks, breasts and thighs. When done without permission or against the will of another person, this can be considered a form of sexual abuse. Image File history File links Gnome-globe. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 848 KB) A sign on a train boarding platform in Osaka, Japan, showing the boarding point for a ladies-only car. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (600x800, 848 KB) A sign on a train boarding platform in Osaka, Japan, showing the boarding point for a ladies-only car. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

On public transportation

Incidents of groping on mass transit, such as trains and buses, are widespread in Japan where suburban trains are often crowded, so that close physical contact is unavoidable. Men may use this to their advantage when committing groping. Mass transit companies in Japan and other densely populated areas are taking steps to prevent such incidents. Some trains operators have introduced women-only passenger cars to help combat the problem. In the United States of America, transit describes local area common carrier passenger transportation configured to provide scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis. ... Sign indicating boarding point for women only cars Women-only passenger cars ), are women-only cars offered on some Japanese train lines. ...

There are some magazines and websites dedicated to groping men and women in trains, where the perpetrators discuss their favorite pastime and share experiences. Groping is a somewhat popular fetish in Japanese pornography. Japanese pornography has some unique features which separate it from pornography in other cultures, especially Western pornography. ...

Concern and Controversy

The issue of groping does not just affect females but males also. Such is the concern of groping in Japan that a film has been made about it^[1]. The film I Just Didn't Do It by Japanese film director Masayaki Suo, based on a true story focuses on a male office worker acquitted of groping after a five year legal battle. The film aims to highlight the issue of groping, and challenge the fairness of Japan's secretive legal system which has a high 99% conviction rate against suspected male gropers.

See also

• Chikan
• Frotteurism
• Sexual harassment

Chikan (痴漢, チカン, or ちかん, meaning molester or pervert) is a Japanese term that is frequently used to describe people, nearly always male, who take advantage of the crowded conditions on the public transit systems to touch people, primarily females, sexually. ... In psychiatry, the clinical term frotteurism (no longer called frottage) refers to a specific sexual disorder. ... Sexual harassment is harassment or unwelcome attention of a sexual nature. ...

References

1. ^ Tokyo legal drama gets grip on groping (2007). Retrieved on 2007-02-23.