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Monday, October 29, 2007 12:00 AM

Harassment by design

Getting groped on the subway? New toys can help rebuff unwanted advances.
Eryn Loeb

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2007 03:52 AM

    Are you blind or just selectively quoting?

    Seriously. The very next sentence in the OP is

    "Even if the videos are faked, they are presented as reality, and tell a truth about people's expectations."

    The poster clearly wasn't saying that s/he really thought this japanese porn was actual footage of real rapes happening, just that it's indicative of a culture that considers subway rape an acceptable subject for porn. And, next time, RTFP.

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