Police on Monday arrested an unemployed year-old man for violation of anti-prostitution and child welfare laws after it was discovered he was allegedly employing high school girls as prostitutes. According to Osaka investigators, the suspect, identified as Yasuhiro Takaoka, introduced around 50 girls into prostitution, of whom 20 were under 18 years of age, over the past 10 years.
Takaoka introduced the girls to male clients, according to a blog written by one of the girls. A second grade high school girl who responded to his solicitations was quoted by police as saying: "Since July of last year, I have slept with around 70 clients and made about 2 million yen. I wanted money for cosmetic surgery and clothes. He has been charged with acting as an intermediary to prostitution between two men and two schoolgirls on Feb 15, and with incitement to commit obscene acts.
I was so caught up with your very clearly thought out and written comment, that I was truly caught by surprise by the ending it made me Misty eyed. The main reason for later ages of majority in contemporary societies is the realization that longer periods of maturation, training, and education are necessary to provide young people with the mental and emotional tools to function as adults now. If an 18 year old and a 16 year old had sex in and a pregnancy occurred, in most societies a marriage would follow and the male would presumably have the ability to gain a livelihood that could sustain the three of them.
That is not the case now. Okay, so how about a 30 year old male now who can provide for a 16 year old and child? The life purpose of women was once limited to reproduction but most of us, probably all of us who have daughters want our children to choose their paths in life from a position of strength and knowledge.
If they marry or have partners, we want them to be able to choose their partners from a position of equality. Parental consent would be a good line". I find this an absolutely ridiculous argument.
