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Bringing together two voices, practice and theory, in a
collaboration that emerges from lived experience and structured
reflection upon that experience, O'Mochain and Ueno show how
entrenched discursive forces exert immense influence in Japanese
society and how they might be most effectively challenged. With a
psychosocial framework that draws insights from feminism,
sociology, international studies, and political psychology, the
authors pinpoint the motivations of the nativist right and reflect
on the change of conditions that is necessary to end cultures of
impunity for perpetrators of sexual abuse in Japan. Evaluating the
value of the #MeToo model of activism, the authors offer insights
that will encourage victims to come out of the shadows, pursue
justice, and help transform Japan's sense of identity both at home
and abroad. Ueno, a female Japanese educator and O'Mochain, a
non-Japanese male academic, examine the nature of sexual abuse
problems both in educational contexts and in society at large
through the use of surveys, interviews, and engagement with an
eclectic range of academic literature. They identify the groups
within society who offer the least support for women who pursue
justice against perpetrators of sexual abuse. They also ask if
far-right ideological extremists are fixated with proving that so
called "comfort women" are higaisha-buru or "fake victims." Japan
would have much to gain on the international stage were it to fully
acknowledge historical crimes of sexual violence, yet it continues
to refuse to do so. O'Mochain and Ueno shed light on this puzzling
refusal through recourse to the concepts of 'international status
anxiety' and 'male hysteria.' An insightful read for scholars of
Japanese society, especially those concerned about its treatment of
women.
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