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Classic feminist tripe.... 'Women are victims, and either don't know it or won't report it....'

You've never been in Japan, have you? You don't know anything about Japanese culture, do you?

Careers.

Oh, you're funny.

More feminist crap.

You have never worked in a Japanese office, have you?

Careers, again.

Bzzzt. Wrong again.

Are you sure it wasn't baby-seal-stomping? Because that happens too. Seriously, it does.

Yes, I know you prefer your imaginary world where nothing that challenges your beliefs happens, but you really should do some research before replying like this. From Encarta:

Until recently, Japanese law tolerated child pornography; the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) estimated in 1998 that up to 80 percent of Internet sites with child pornography originated in Japan. Prior to 1999, the only Japanese statute prohibiting actual child pornography was very limited in its reach, applying only to children under 13 who filed complaints within six months of an incident. A general criminal obscenity law protected minors over 13, but it also specified that the material must depict sexual organs to be considered illegal. Consequently, pornographic materials in Japan often resorted to showing other sexually oriented depictions of children, including abuse or torture, to avoid running afoul of the law. In 1999, partly in reaction to international pressure, Japan's parliament passed a new law banning the distribution, sale, or public display of child pornography on the Internet or in other forums, as well as the production or possession of child pornography for the purpose of these activities. Penalties for the violation of the law range up to three years in prison and a substantial fine. However, critics complained that it did not criminalize possession of child pornography for private use.

They are Buddhists. The Japanese have long rationalized the evils of abortion in believing that every dead baby is happily reincarnated the very next day. No connection to porn.

Porn wasn't the issue that was raised. The issue was claims that relations between the sexes in Japan are quite happy and healthy. Regardless of what you think of abortion, it's not a pleasant experience for women. There is a reason why the rate has been so high but your reason isn't it.

I am clearly arguing with Molly Yard/Anita Hill/Patricia Ireland here... One should pay no attention to "women are victims" arguments.

Because, Heaven knowns, women are never really victimized or abused, right? I suppose I'm also imagining the large sex-slavery industry in Europe, too, right? Are all those women willing participants, in your opinion, too?

Unless the girls are of Muslim, Gypsy, or some other cruel and unusual culture, those claims are always false or overblown -- all of them.

Uh, huh. And do you also believe that any American woman who claims they were raped is a liar or was asking for it?