The purpose of my report is to outline the victims of sexual crimes ,sexual harassment and dating violence among Japanese youth by analyzing the 6th survey(2005) of 'The National Survey of Sexual Behavior of Japanese Youth'. Goals of presentation ; As regards the victims of sexual crimes, we have conducted surveys since 4th (1993). The surveys show that these crimes have been committed by someone except boy/girl friends. Therefore, in the 6th survey, to the past questions, we added a new question about dating violence which include emotional abuse, physical abuse and sexual abuse in a dating relationship. We will examine the changes in the victims of sexual crimes and sexual harassment from 1993 to 2005 and provide the reality of dating violence in 2005. Methods : The nationwide questionnaire survey has been conducted every six years since 1974. The data was collected from 5000 students. Results: 1. As for sexual crimes, the percentage of victims are lower than that of the previous survey’s. Nevertheless, in case of university students, about 40% of girls suffer from act of molestation and about 10% of girls suffer from unwanted sexual activity or rape. 2. Both boys and girls are victims of dating violence, but they abuse their partner in different ways. Girls are more likely to control the companionship of their partner. On the other hand, boys are more likely to force their partner to participate in unwanted sexual activity or rape. Both tend to be abused after they have experienced sexual intercourse. Dating violence undermines the self-confidence, especially of high school girls suffering sexual abuse in romantic relationships. Conclusions ; There still remains a tendency that girls are apt to be victims. It is necessary that more Japanese people get the knowledge about sexual crimes, sexual harassment and dating violence.
Conflict of Interest: None disclosed
Financial Support/Funding: The Japanese Association For Sex Education
Sydney Australia, April 2007
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