A woman in the workplace in the US, in general, is treated differently and has better opportunities, don’t you agree?

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yeah, thank you for saying that. I didn’t thing the “thank you” comment was all that clever.

It’s debatable what is perverted or not, but being called “pervert” is like being called “sick” or “disgusting” It’s not something to be proud of, or joke about in a “serious” discussion. wasn’t impressed by him.

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I also doubt he thinks America is problem-free.

But isn’t it true that in general, women have more opportunity in the workplace in America and professional standards are more generalized (less gender-specific) in America than in Japan? And that those ideals seem more often enforced in the US?

Is Jonathan not allowed to observe a general climate/attitude in Japan if any other problems exist in the US?

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Do you see pornography of rape or children in public in Japan?

Yes I have.
And let me be clear, I am talking about manga here. Specifically about hard core manga porn on public transportation. Maybe the whole issue revolves around public transportation. I think Japan is different because more people here use public transportation as compared to larger countries like Australia or the US. So lets just say there is a time and a place for everything. Porn on the train to me is just not appropriate. I’m totally not a prude, but much like smoking it should be a choice to see it or not. Anyway, just my opinion.

I don’t think that Jonathan has ever seen the GHETTOs in his own country, or ever been to places like the Harlem/Bronx, Detroit, South L.A., Miami, etc etc………

He must have grown up in some really wealthy, safe place in some lovely neighborhood in the U.S.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

How many of us have to re-learn how to act in the PC manner when leaving Japan,

As long as you live a simple life like me and my colleague—rarely drink, no sexual harassment—-and don’t act like a hooligan or like Charisma Man, I don’t think you have to relearn how to act in the PC manner when leaving Japan.

I saw an episode of the new season, and I don’t know if I’m just imagining it, but I get the impression they told the host to play up the Japanese accent this time around.

Since Japan is # years behind the U.S.
It can’t be that the rape rate is lower than the U.S.
It must be that either the unreported cases are much higher or J government is lying.

Oz: You can’t eat whales, they are as intelligent as 7 year olds!
Jp: Would it be OK to eat 6 year old kids then?

I don’t think he knows his own country well enough to be criticizing somebody else’s.
Now – by no means am I an expert, nor am I advocating anything, nor am I going to bash Japan’s problems – but has this guy ever heard of fraternities and sororities and hazing? Probably not. Has he ever been to Miami? San Francisco? How about Las Vegas? Has he watched Showtime or HBO, or any of the recent shows about drugs and sex in America? Such as Weeds or Californication?
Has he ever seen Cops?

Also, that American chick needs to get her panties out of a bunch. Sexual Harassment is way overhyped. Sure, things like Chikan are a problem, but those can be combated and the US CERTAINLY IS NOT any better. Guess she couldn’t think of a better non-dead-horse-beating subject.

Also, her hyped up man-friend talking about not raising his children in Japan…so you want to move to the states where murder, rape, and general violence is 3-4 times as common?

Consider the difference in population density between the US and Japan. Japan, for having so many people in such a small area, is pretty damn good at self-control.

He has no right to be on that show, that UGLY GEEK BOY who probably never got any action back home!

Unbelievable.

Get some good looking, in-the-forefron, stylish, famous SPORTS STAR from America who is making a decent go of it in Japan to speak about that stuff.

The organizers certainly can’t literally force you to attend (most of the time), but you’d be branded as “not being a team player” or “not contributing to company profits” and suffer the social consequences from the next day on, however irrational and unfounded those accusations may be.

This means she IS GOING TO DRINKING PARTIES AND SITS NEXT TO men who she knows like to get jokingly touchy-feely after they’ve had a few. And since it happens all the time to her, it must mean SHE KEEPS GOING!

Hello?

No it’s not her fault, just like it’s not my fault if my fat white ass gets mugged while walking alone at midnight in South Central, just like it’s not a girls’ fault if she shows up at a bar in a tube top and miniskirt and gets drunk with the steroid-using gorillas and ends up raped.

Yes, in such cases, the criminal is responsible, but the victim is stupid for getting into the situation. And they also point out how sily it is to complain about getting touched on the leg at a party you choose to attend.

One of the Top 5 reasons (#1 being lack of BS laws restricting alcohol sales to certain hours) I love Japan is being able to escape this kind of PC bullshit in the workplace that probably would have landed me in “sensitivity training” multiple times over the years. How many of us have to re-learn how to act in the PC manner when leaving Japan, just in order to avoid lawsuits?

The Australian segment was done unfairly, not because of the facts given by the show, but by the gaijin they had on representing Australia. In the Chinese segment, the 4 Chinese panelists were all university professors, with the exception of one, who is a journalist, and all are qualified to give informed opinion on the subject matter. The qualifications of the wannabe gaijin tarento ‘representing’ Australia were non-existent, and the arguments they made were totally retarded.

Chinese and Korean professors that are people of high status in Japan have appeared on Beat Takeshi’s shows, but only very rarely western gaijin of that status and ability. Is it selection bias, or is it just that gaijin of that level are too smart to appear on a show that has foreign opposition to Japan as it’s basic premise?

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7.2%… If that’s right it’s pretty scary.

Could be – she does look vaguely familiar.

“She should go stand in Liverpool, UK, after a big football match.”
Or a bar in Greece with British tourists – if they still go there after that penis flambe incident of a couple of weeks ago…

Do any other countries have TV programs solely dedicated to discussing their own people?

my concern is more with the content (sometimes including rape or children) and the fact that it’s difficult to avoid seeing it in public

Do you see pornography of rape or children in public in Japan?

Obviously Japan knows this a problem since they have mobilized police to catch these scum bags. And they do have the “women only” trains

It seems NY has known the problem as well.

It is a hidden reality of the New York City subway system, and perhaps mass transit systems everywhere since the first trolley car took to the tracks. It begins with a pinch or a shove, someone standing too close. But it can be much worse.

This week, as the Police Department announced the arrest of 13 men charged with groping and flashing women in the subways, women around the city nodded. Yes, they said, this had happened to them. Yesterday. Last month. Last fall. Twenty years ago.

“Every girl I know has at least one story,” said Barbara Vencebi, 23, a studio photographer standing outside the No. 6 train station at 116th Street in East Harlem yesterday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/nyregion/24harass.html

Might it be a good idea that they have women only trains?

Also in my opinion I feel Japan does not treat women as fair as other countries do in respect to equal rights

What right?

and the workplace.

I agree.
But note also there have been many women who have chosen the lifestyle of being mother and homemaker but more and more women, for better or worse, will join the workforce for various reasons—some for economic reason and others for their vision of new lifestyle and still others for other reasons. In this sense, yes, Japan needs fairer treatment of the women in employment, promotion and payment.

It’s true that women are still not completely equal in any country. But I feel like Japan is a good 20-30 years behind the US in this respect.

When a man works at the company and a woman works as a mother at home, are they not equal in the U.S.?
A female acquaintance of mine reluctantly started doing a part time job where male and female employee are treated equally because her husband’s salary got reduced, is the society advancing?

Incidentally did you notice that the “rude” woman on the video said that when conducting business, they are serious, but once they get alcohol, (in other words, when they are at Izakaya etc outside the workplace) everything change.
Note,

Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Do’s and Dont’s

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2036967465

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying there is no sexual harassment in the workplace in Japan.

Bill Weir asks if sexuality has evolved since the 1950s.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7088847

Maybe the Japanese should play the same game?

Again, I just wish it had been a more serious format.

I agree.
The show is just for fun.
The only precious comment was from the Brazilian black man.

I read somewhere, don’t remember where now, that Japan has a low rate of rapes, and some believe that it’s because of how open the society is about sexual practices.

There has to be some release, especially for those that aren’t in a sexually active relationship, and something tells me that paper erotic manga would be far more suitable for a country like Vietnam where I doubt that most people have access to internet in a private location.

Ban “sinful” things and you put yourself in jail…, just don’t involve me.