Fast food sends schoolgirls into sexual feeding frenzy

Wai Wai (Japan) ^ | June 19, 2002 | By Ryann Connell

[Question_Assumptions]

Yes, I agree with you that this article creates a picture of young women in Japan that isn't realistic. It seems to have some basis in reality for areas like Shibuya (as you mentioned) but I do agree that this seems to be more of a small problem than something consuming Japanese society.

[Lurker]

Brings a whole new meaning to "Home Of The Whopper" doesn't it.

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[Luis Gonzalez]

Hey...you've never told us what you do over there.

You wouln't perchance work for BK...would you?

[Jhoffa_]

I never really thought of myself as a future franchise owner before today...

[MEGoody]

So how is the behavior of these Japanese school girls any different from the behavior of many American school girls? It's not.

Fast food has nothing to do with it. Poor parenting and lack of societal pressure to behave in a virtuous manner has much to do with it.

[AmericanInTokyo]

¿Por qué usted no lee mi "página personal de perfil" en FR?

[AmericanInTokyo]

hear hear

[FITZ]

lack of societal pressure

Or too much societal pressure to be popular, sexy, or feel loved. Girls who are this easy usually suffer from extreme lack of self-esteem. They probably have a fairly high suicide rate.

[Pagey]

Listening to music after taking a few uppers lets me hear sounds I wouldn't normally be able to. My body becomes light, I stop thinking and I feel sensational. Sex at these times is really intense..."

Well, at least we know they're taking Amphetamines over in Japan too..... I bet taking half a handful of pills and going dancing would stimulate anybody into nirvana.This article could've easily been about the abuse of drugs instead of the sex angle.

[TheMole]

You all would probably be interested in reading this story (if you haven't already):

Ethnic Narcissism and Infertility in Japan by Tom Bradley

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

It's normal for them to use vibrators.

Yes. It is normal.

[PianoMan]

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[archy]

It's normal for them to use vibrators.

Yes. It is normal.

I should think that *customary* would be a better choice of words. A Marine pal of mine was a bit less certain how to act when his fifteen-year-old daughter was given one of the Japanese vibrator/alarm clocks as a birthday present by a Japanese friend of about her same age, but the present was offered with the sincerest of best wishes and without innuendo or the slightest shame or guilt to it. It was simply a thoughtful present from a girl who learned that her American friend lacked something fairly common among her other friends' personal possessions, and who had done something about it.

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[archy]

I absolutely LOVE your tagline.

A decade back, when I was a syndicated columnist for a midwestern newspaper chain, one of my calumnist brethern offered as one of his own columns a compilition of wise sayings and homilies offered by other newspaper writers and columnists. That phrase was my submission for his collection, and it was one of the ones he used in his piece.

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