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| Yuka, right, and Democratic Party of Japan member Kumiko Hayashi, launch a support line for victims of domestic violence. SANKEI |
With thanks to Yuka, Kumiko Hayashi, and all the other women working diligently to make safety and freedom for women in Japan, from men's violence and terrorism, more of a possibility. Just so you know, white men are known for flocking like demon birds to Japan and many other East and Southeast Asian nations to sexually abuse girls and women. And Japanese men have their own shameful history of sexually and physically abusing women too. My response is last in the list, as usual.
Before the article and comments at Japan Today, please see this, from Japan Times, dated Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011. Please click on the title to link back.
Multilanguage hotline opens for domestic violence victims
By ALEX MARTINStaff writer
The government opened a hotline Tuesday for victims of domestic violence, with counseling staff available for consultations in Japanese and six other languages.
The Purple Dial — Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence Telephone Counseling, hosted by the Cabinet Office's Gender Equality Bureau, will be receiving calls toll free until March 27. The number is 0120-941-826.
Phone calls from women are accepted around the clock, and men can use the service between 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and from noon to 11 p.m. on weekends.
Counseling in English, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog and Thai is available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day of the week.
A Cabinet Office representative said a recent poll indicated 10.8 percent of female respondents were victims of repeated physical or psychological abuse from their spouse, and that around 60 percent of such victims have never consulted others. The poll showed 7.3 percent of female respondents have been raped at least once in the past.
Next up, the article from Japan Today. You may click on the title to link back.
Yuka campaigns for victims of domestic violence
Thursday 10th February, 01:00 AM JST
TOKYO —
TV personality Yuka, 30, this week attended a PR event in Akasaka to raise awareness for “Purple Dial,” a 24-hour support line for victims of domestic violence.
Joined by Democratic Party of Japan member Kumiko Hayashi, Yuka helped commemorate the establishment of the free consultation service by switching on the lights of what the organization dubbed the “Purple Tree.”
As the thousands of lights twinkled gently, Yuka said: “Domestic violence can take many forms, including being verbally abused or having your emails read. If you are a victim, I’m sure you feel like you’re suffering alone, but you’re not. You can call for help.”
The Purple Dial number is 0120 941 826. Free consultation is available until March 27.
26 Comments
ThonTaddeo at 03:57 AM JST - 10th Februaryincluding being verbally abused or having your emails readThat probably makes a majority of Japanese salaryman husbands victims of abuse.
Gurukun at 06:28 AM JST - 10th FebruaryLOL! "Hello? Yes, I just wanted to say that my wife read my emails. Please give me somee support. What can I do?"
smartacus at 07:31 AM JST - 10th FebruaryWhen I first saw the photo, I thought they are already lighting up a Christmas tree. But seriously, this is a good project, but why does it only last until March 27. I'd like to see a permanent helpline for victims of abuse.
semperfi at 08:12 AM JST - 10th FebruaryThonTaddeo including being verbally abused or having your emails read That probably makes a majority of Japanese salaryman husbands victims of abuseThon, you don't get around much do you ???? Domestic violence happens in EVERY country. . . Having worked in clinical settings in Canada I can assure you the verbal abuse and reading emails ( just a small piece on the continuum of violence, btw) happen with BOTH sexes and within EVERY socio-political setting. ** .. . . What is novel is that JAPAN is finally acknowleding this abuse and is beginning to address it within its criminal code ( something European countries, USA, Canada etc have done years ago - - - - BUT domestic violence continues in those countries in spite of the legal ramifications ).
sakurala at 08:45 AM JST - 10th FebruaryHopefully enough people call in to ensure that it will become a permanent fixture in Japanese society. But hopefully no one will be abusing the chance by simply calling in to complain about small inconsequential things. I understand small things like reading emails may just be the tip of the iceberg and if that is the case there should be more to talk about than just emails. To me the email thing by itself just seems petty.
goddog at 08:53 AM JST - 10th FebruaryYuka is hot
CaptainAwesome at 09:03 AM JST - 10th FebruaryYo semperfi, what's the view like from up there on your high horse? Where did you find, in that short one-sentence comment, any allusions about domestic violence ONLY happening in Japan (your retort- 'Domestic violence happens in EVERY country)or that the victims are only women (your retort 'happen with BOTH sexes)?! Self-righteousness at its finest.
goinggoinggone at 10:35 AM JST - 10th FebruaryOh come on Thon, Japan is a Patriarchal society. Since when did women here have any power? The power is all held by the men, and used to their benefit, socially, economically, politically.When Japanese women want to fight back a tiny bit, to make help available for some women to finally break free of abuse, to then claim that privileged, not-poor men are the victims, is beyond ridiculous.The article playing down domestic abuse as being about privacy being invaded does not help get anything out in the open. Lets talk about the physical, sexual and financial abuses perpetrated on women and not try and downplay the problems faced by women and their children.
proudnippon at 10:39 AM JST - 10th FebruaryJapan is a Patriarchal society. Since when did women here have any power?oh dear...here we go again
ebisen at 11:07 AM JST - 10th FebruaryIf a couple consider reading each other e-mails as DV, they are not verymuch bound together aren't they.. Granted, it does take a lot of trust in your partner to be completely OK with this, but I can proudly say in my family we do this and don't consider it violent in any way...
tokyokawasaki at 11:20 AM JST - 10th FebruaryJust try and get any authority to listen to you if you are a MAN being subjected to DV by your wife. After being verbally abused and insulted constantly, having everything I own destroyed, being attacked with bleach, sharp objects, having scans and treatment at the hospital and then finally being denied access to my own house, all the J cops said was "You need to learn to control your crazy J-wife" with a smug grin their face. Absolutely pathetic. There is no system for recognizing yet alone dealing with DV victims.- goddog at 12:23 PM JST - 10th FebruaryMy x-wife sliced up my paintings I made, and stabbed a million holes in my feather pillow and stuffed it with garbage. I turned the other cheek, because she was crazy. I barricaded myself in my room at night out of fear of being stabbed while sleeping. No way would the cops help me out.
Debucho at 12:32 PM JST - 10th FebruaryMy x-wife sliced up my paintings I made, and stabbed a million holes in my feather pillow and stuffed it with garbage. I turned the other cheek, because she was crazy. I barricaded myself in my room at night out of fear of being stabbed while sleeping.Dude you should have got the hell outta there
Foxie at 01:06 PM JST - 10th FebruaryAs goddog says, no one will help you if you really need it. They only help you for small problems here. I wonder what good it would do to call that number. They probably just say to you 'gambatte' and 'kawaii so'. My friend is being abused physically to an extent that is unbelievable by her husband-pilot, 2 broken ribs a few weeks ago. You would think that the hospital would help you at least but no. Before that when she was pregnant, her husband hit her so hard that she had to stay in hospital for 2 months, nothing happened again. Poor thing, she has no education, no job, 2 kids and nowhere to go to. That's why she doesn't go to the police. My husband told her husband off but that only made things worse for her. I really don't know how to help her anymore.- goddog at 02:16 PM JST - 10th FebruaryI stayed to protect my kids. She finally left with my two younger ones.
Disillusioned at 02:16 PM JST - 10th FebruaryYep, domestic violence and abuse is a two way street. I had similar experiences as goddog with my ex-J-wife and as soon as it came to divorce mediation she cried victim all the way. It seems so Japanese, does it not?
fishy at 03:14 PM JST - 10th Februarytokyokawasaki and goddog-My x-wife sliced up my paintings I made, and stabbed a million holes in my feather pillow and stuffed it with garbageAfter being verbally abused and insulted constantly, having everything I own destroyed, being attacked with bleach, sharp objects, having scans and treatment at the hospital and then finally being denied access to my own houseOh my goodness.. Sounds just so awful.. I can imagine being upset/angry at my husband but cannot imagine doing all those things you guys' wives did to you..Do you mind sharing why your wives were so angry????
oberst at 03:16 PM JST - 10th Februarynow the poor salarymen can expect a raise in their weekly allowance- goddog at 03:30 PM JST - 10th FebruaryMine was angry from when she was a kid. She was a smart but bad girl in school, and got kicked out. She was never able to let anything go, and hold a grudge for weeks at a time. Every day when I would get home, one of the kids would be being picked on and it would not stop. I hated seeing my kids go through that, so I would interrupt what was going on, and tell her to get mad at me instead. So much hate inside of her. Beautiful on the outside and a sorry, pathetic woman on the inside. I think her parents were happy when I got her pregnant so they could marry her out and have her move out. She pulled a knife on me once too, but I disarmed her. The last straw was when I caught her stealing from me blind and hiding the money, so I put her on a budget, and closed the joint account. After about 2 years of that, she finally left. Tried to get me to family court and I refused. Mutual agreement divorce papers were accepted by the ward office in January. I am now a free man.
- goddog at 03:30 PM JST - 10th FebruaryAbout ¥20,000,000
- fishy at 03:37 PM JST - 10th Februarygoddog-oh man.. geez.. thanx for sharing.
- goddog at 03:44 PM JST - 10th FebruaryWish I could see the kids more, but I am happy anyway. Got my samurai shonan b=== that is really fun to write and very humorous, do my art work, and most of all surf down at kugenumakaigan all the time. Life moves on, but I would never ever marry a Japanese woman ever again.
pointofview at 03:49 PM JST - 10th FebruaryGeez! Are Japanese chicks crazier than western ones? Sounds like it. Why do they have so many mental problems? I`m confused...- fishy at 03:54 PM JST - 10th Februarygoddog-I don't blame you.. I'd be traumatized if I were you.. Not all J-women are like your ex (I'm telling you because I am one and I'm not like that), but then again, if I were you, I'd probably not want to be with a J-woman. I love the Shonan area, too.. love the beach (wish it was cleaner, though) and water :)
Nessie at 03:54 PM JST - 10th FebruaryHeh, amusing, Thon.To all those of you jumping on Thon, he said nothing about this being solely a problem in Japan. He does tend to advocate singlemindedly for the average sarariman, but that does not invalidate his points.Anyway, it's great to see a celeb sign up with a charity like this, instead of the safer "office firehouse rep" types of charities.
JulianReal at 05:15 PM JST - 10th FebruaryLet's be clear: "domestic violence" isn't a two-way street, if what we mean by "domestic violence" is one person beating the **** out of the other, repeatedly, so as to break their bones and cause them to miscarry during a pregnancy. It's no two-way street for women who are being terrorised by patriarchal men who care nothing at all for women or children, who repeatedly rape their wives because they feel entitled to do so, who abuse their children and wives as if they were objects and possessions. That's not a two-way street. That's one-way, with traffic by men running over women and children every hour of every day. Across the globe, privileged men whine about how bad they are treated by women. As if these men have any idea, really, what it is like to be terrorised by one's spouse. As if men have any idea what it is like to be repeatedly raped by one's spouse. As if women are breaking men's bones, crushing their self-esteem, destroying their will to freedom. The more resources there are for women being battered and raped by the men who allegedly "love" them, the better.
Excellent to read that Japanese women have set up a free telephone service for women survivors of patriarchal violence (aka domestic violence which is a euphemism neatly hiding which sex is committing said violence against the other sex). But as always men have rushed to their computers proclaiming they've been subjected to innumerable acts of female violence.
ReplyDeleteThe reason is obvious because no way must men be held accountable for their violence against women and instead the focus as always has to be on men and their demands/their needs and maintaining their domination and control over women.
Unfortunately such lies (because they are lies) are accepted as truth since it is men making these claims and men never ever lie or minimalise their accountability do they?
Totally agree Julian white men continue to flock to Japan and other East and Southeast Asian countries for one purpose only and that is to purchase the women and girls living in these countries in order to rape and subject them to other sadistic forms of male sexual violence. But that too, must remain hidden because as always the focus has to be on men, since they are the real victims (sic). Another clever ploy commonly used by MRAS is to claim false pararells wherein any violence committed by men against women is equalised by female violence against men.
No need to analyse how and why some women use violence against men and whether said violence is self-defence. No instead we constantly hear 'women are just as violent as men!' Lies of course but very effective lies.