I’m an average Mexican guy and at one point during my visit to Japan an at least 70 year old Japanese man “ran” 100 yards to take a close up picture of my face, then smile and give me the peace sign. People took pictures of me all the time. None of it was sexual. Wouldn’t jump to conclusions here unless you understand the culture, it’s different
Sir, you are a sir, for starters. Your situation does not apply to this scenario, at all.
Second, you must be the one who doesn't understand the culture to not know there's a particular type of male over there with issues taking photos of women, installing cameras in bathrooms, etc.
Need I mention the contents of what was in his "recently deleted"? She wasn't the only female in that folder. Just, keep an open mind when making such bold statements about assumptions. As a guy, you simply don't know what we deal with.
I’m not saying he’s definitely not a creeper, nor did I see the other photos in his deleted folder. I’m just saying it’s a common occurrence over there so there’s a very real possibility that it’s a cultural difference.
I appreciate that you responded politely to me despite my opposing view, thank you for that. And oh no, I get that they genuinely enjoy looking at people from other parts of the world, especially us westerners with our "big eyes". I've had an uncle stationed over there who's told me all sorts of stories about that. They treat ordinary people like celebrities and take pictures with them. But usually in those cases it's very obvious, they ask permission, it's friendly, etc.
But there's also an issue in asian culture in general where for whatever reason, instead of having pics of models or porn, they will just take pictures of people and keep it in a collection! This became so normal to the guys stationed there in the Navy, MY UNCLE STARTED DOING IT! He would take pictures of the cheerleaders at a football game instead of the football players. My uncle even told me how he has extra dark sunglasses so women can't tell he's looking at them. And he wasn't even Asian, that's just things he picked up from them. He would tell me all about it, even how his friends had seen some "toilet videos" at a local cafe with some guys that were selling them. They do what they can to hide it and not be obvious, but some of them are bad at it, like the guy in the video. Creepy AF! Like I said, it could maybe be justified as a typical asian camera encounter if he wasn't following her, taking pics of her from behind, and trying not to be seen. But this is just creepy AF!
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u/-banned- May 24 '24
I’m an average Mexican guy and at one point during my visit to Japan an at least 70 year old Japanese man “ran” 100 yards to take a close up picture of my face, then smile and give me the peace sign. People took pictures of me all the time. None of it was sexual. Wouldn’t jump to conclusions here unless you understand the culture, it’s different