no woman should go through this hell...

They tell you not to hang your underwear out to dry in Japan because pervs come by and steal it in the city. There’s a huge misogyny and harassment problem in Japan (and everywhere) but the men are much bolder there because of the assumption you should not cause a scene and be polite is assumed. Phone carriers just agreed to also include a shutter sound for pictures to aid in eliminating voyeurism. I’ve heard of people going into the street vents to take up skirt shots too. She has every right to be worried.

Does ice cream shout "i live alone"?

I've been doing the labels on boxes and food delivery ones for decades, and I live in the West.

Ok a) how about I just buy more ice cream (if I was a woman)? And b) what do you mean, unrecognizable? oO would the neighbors pick the undie up, sniff it and then go try find out who threw it away?

I always find it funny that Japan is held up as some sort of utopia. I love anime and I was obsessed with other aspects of Japanese culture when I was younger, but that obsession lead me to looking deeper into their culture and realizing they're just as sexist and racist as any other culture. And that's just the tip of the ice burg.

Im not at all surprised when you look at how popular certain anime characters are and dressing a certain way and behaving a certain way is over there. A huge part of their society was developed and influenced by predators and they all just went “yep sounds good”.

For Ex: how many anime characters in popular shows are overly buxom women? How many women are dressed like little dolls with short skirts and child like clothing? And how many men are fully clothed, normally proportioned characters?

Women are expected to be demure and sweet like a little child. “Kawaii” culture is a whole thing with cutesy animals and outfits literally geared toward children but worn by adults.

Even the way Japanese women speak is childlike. Im not saying its not a choice to speak that way but everyone learns how to speak (tones volumes etc) by observation. And its really clear that women have been targeted and told they must speak in certain ways to seem appealing.

The infantilization and sexualizing of women in Japan is quite frankly one of the worst qualities about the country.

Im starting to understand why every misogynist i know worships Japan.

What could buying only ice cream possibly do?

Some of these things are definitely not dine in USA, does Japan have a high rate of women sexual abuse?

Keeping myself safe by buying a big tub of ice cream instead