Chikan (痴漢, チカン, or ちかん) is a Japanese term referring to sexual harassment or other obscene acts conducted against the victim's will, or a person who commits such an act.[1] The term is frequently used to describe men[2] who take advantage of the crowded conditions on the public transit systems to grope women, although men can be victims of chikan as well.[3] While the term is not defined in the Japanese legal system, vernacular use describes acts that violate several laws. The neologism referring to the corresponding female chikan is chijo.
A typical form of chikanA sign outside of a bicycle parking lot in Chiba, Japan, warns "Beware of Chikan!"
In clinical psychology, the desire is called frotteurism. While women on crowded trains in Japan are the most frequent targets of chikan, sexual predators in Japan can take advantage of people in other situations as well. One such situation (warned against in the sign pictured) is bicycle parking lots, where a molester will wait until a woman or man is bent over, unlocking their bicycle lock, and then grope them from behind. Chikan often features in Japanese pornography, along with other non-consensual themes.[4] As part of the effort to combat chikan, some railway companies have designated women-only passenger cars.[5][6][7]
^Zhu, Lingfeng (2023). "Criminal remedies for sexual rights of male in Japan and China". Tokyo Metropolitan University Journal of Law and Politics (in Japanese). 63 (2): 423–458. ISSN 1880-7615.
^WuDunn, Sheryl (December 17, 1995). "On Tokyo's Packed Trains, Molesters Are Brazen". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
^The His and Hers Subway December 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^"Japan Tries Women-Only Train Cars to Stop Groping". ABC News.
^. Archived from the original on November 13, 2005. Retrieved October 29, 2005.
^令和3年警察白書 統計資料 2-41 痴漢事犯の検挙状況等の推移 (in Japanese). National Police Agency. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
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