Most offenders are white-collar workers traveling on the country's chronically overcrowded commuter trains. Crushed against other passengers, they operate in anonymity and with virtual impunity. The situation is so bad that women are demanding to be segregated from men while traveling. More significantly, some women have begun to demand an end to society's acceptance of the perverted behavior and attitudes of some men. On that occasion, she fought back literally.
Few women respond that way.
Most cited fear of their molesters' response as the main reason for their silence. In another survey, schoolgirl victims reported they developed a fear of men. While women may be reluctant to create a scene in public, they are increasingly making their feelings known to transport operators. The service is designed to protect women from drunks returning home from after-office carousing sessions. Keihin Electric Express Railway now operates women-only buses between Tokyo and Hirosaki in northeastern Aomori prefecture.