Graduation Year
2020
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Japanese
Second Department
Sociology
Reader 1
Azamat Junisbai
Reader 2
Lynne Miyake
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Abstract
Rape is a significantly under-reported crime in Japan. This thesis exposes five dimensions of the Japanese society: gender socialization, language, behavioral norms, the sex industry, and the criminal justice system that contribute to the spread of gender biases and victim-blaming in the society, which in turn creates barriers for female rape victims to make formal report of the assault to the police in Japan.
Recommended Citation
Yang, Angela, "Behind the Silence: Barriers for Female Victims to Report Rape in Japan" (2020). Scripps Senior Theses. 1528.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1528
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
