Other examples abound in Japanese culture. Full grown women in service jobs are expected to talk in squeeky high little girl voices to their customers. Walls, billboards, and posters are covered with pictures of often-topless pubescent girls slathered in makeup and giving pouty looks. This wasn't an underground film either. It was available commercially just about anywhere, for sale to just about anyone.
Japan is an extremely safe place for both men and women, native or visitor.
The Next Generation episodes, and sleep late. It's most interesting trying to make out human features when we zip through train stations without slowing down. I'm enroute to Sapporo on the northern island of Hokkaido, where I have been hired to teach English by English Circles, one of the numerous private firms making a buck on trendy English classes. My long search for a job has paid off, as this is a good thing, for I have paid quite a bit of money to get this far and don't have much left. Nick got a response from his job search applications.