"... this paper argues that specific social conditions in Japan reinforce and perpetuate a gender bias in its legal systems, which has far-reaching implications for a sexual assault victim’s experience in attempting to obtain justice ... this paper [also] illustrates how this gender-biased view of sexuality ... affects how different types of victims and attacks are understood, and the way in which they are treated in the pre-trial stages of the legal system." (Quoted from abstract) (The paper is only available through the link)