Comments on: JR: “Naked Festival” Posters = Sexual Harassment

By: LB

LB — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:04:02 +0000

So that was you in Iwate being interviewed on the news at the time about the fuss?

Because that is who the TV stations talked to, the bearded guy in the front, which you say is you, which must mean we all saw you on the TV news!

By: swamp dogg

swamp dogg — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:33:42 +0000

that picture was taken in konomiya not iwate. it was actually taken in 2003. i know, coz thats me in the pic. didnt realise i was having a bad beard day.

By: yeeliberto

yeeliberto — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:28:43 +0000

They are just simply crazy. They would say I’m harassing them only because I have bear and mustache; common.

By: erika88

erika88 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 01:40:45 +0000

I like the poster because the expression of that guy made me lol.

By: Aki

Aki — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:37:05 +0000

I thought it is a poster of a Kaijyu movie.

By: erno pielstrom

erno pielstrom — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:13:42 +0000

Fuji TV should have had an actor in a loincloth board the train to test the reactions ^^;

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:06:29 +0000

I can’t say it’s sexually harassing anyone at all, but I can’t imagine what sort of person would want to attend the event based on that poster. 気持ち悪い！

By: Neil Duckett

Neil Duckett — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:54:10 +0000

pfff, ridiculous from JR staff, some of the advertising now is bordering on nude!

By: doinkies

doinkies — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:17:13 +0000

Like many other commenters, I don’t see it as sexual harassment either. I think the JR staff are overreacting. The chest hair’s a bit キモイ, but it still isn’t harassment…

By: NPC

NPC — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:56:38 +0000

That’s hilarious, must suck for the guy who’s on the poster.

By: Akoua Doffou

Akoua Doffou — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:39:09 +0000

How is this sexual harrasment? It’s a POSTER…

By: Dakk

Dakk — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:02:13 +0000

I’m amused that a poster, showing absolutely no nudity, can be considered “sexual harassment”. Too often are people taught that they’re being “victimized” by frivolous subjects such as this.

What happened to the days where if you saw something that you didn’t like, you simply moved on and didn’t give a second thought about it?

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:58:37 +0000

If displaying that poster is sexual harassment, then weren’t Fuji TV and Asahi sexually harassing those women by flashing the poster at them? I think we need news coverage on this flagrant new bout of sexual, hairy-man-boob-fueled harassment as perpetrated by the Japanese news media!

By: Rob A

Rob A — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:04:34 +0000

This is just stupid. There’s no harm in that poster, even if it is something I’d rather not look at. While it may be in poor taste for teenage girls(what teenage girl do you know in any country who would say “Oh yeah, that’s awesome!” to that poster?) the women around the age of the men in the poster didn’t seem to care at all. Not to mention, it’s been around for 1000 yrs, so they should at least be expecting it by now.

By: S. Pihlaja

S. Pihlaja — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:55:04 +0000

Gotta agree with Ken Y-N here. If you can read sexually explicit material on the train, a bit of man boobie is not hurting anyone.

By: Ken Y-N

Ken Y-N — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:20:38 +0000

Err, perhaps JR ought to look inside their average train where they’ll see no end of bikini girls and saucy language in adverts for the weekly rags and manga that I would think would be more offensive to the average woman.

I hope no JR guards asks me to button up my shirt top button come the summer least my hairiness offend…

By: Ricky

Ricky — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:53:19 +0000

Wait, so just because of the beard and the hairy chest it became sexual harassment and unacceptable compared to last years one?

My hige is not allowed on trains T_T

By: Bakayaro

Bakayaro — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:44:11 +0000

I see them too!!

It’s unpleasant, yes (I don’t like chest hair myself), but not offensive and not sexual harrassment.

By: RYO

RYO — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:36:44 +0000

Is it just me, or do I see man-boobs in that picture?