TOKYO (TR) – “Faking being single,” by which a married man pretends to be unattached so as to date girls, is gaining consideration as a critical social challenge.
Starting with its Feb. 19 challenge, Shukan Bunshun started the collection “True Report: Faking Singleness,” which particulars the fact of this observe.
In its first installment, the journal profiles a lady from Kanagawa Prefecture who gained a courtroom ruling over a male worker of promoting big Hakuhodo Inc. after he faked being single on-line.
Maiko met the person, aged in his 30s, on a relationship app for singles. After they met, he hinted at a future collectively. However, he’s already married with kids.
“He didn’t use contraception and even during remote meetings, he wanted my body,” says the lady, who goes by the pseudonym Maiko.
Maiko later sued the person. During the trial on the Tokyo District Court, she claimed that her “right to chastity, which prevents her from having sexual relations with a married man, had been violated.”
She sought roughly 7.8 million yen in damages.
During the trial, the person argued that “my relationship with the woman was not a serious relationship with the intention of marriage, but was merely for the purpose of sexual intercourse. Therefore, this did not constitute a violation of her right to chastity.”
Maiko was victorious. In his ruling handed down on December 8 final 12 months, presiding choose Takato Kawahara said, “The man was aware that the woman desired a relationship with a view to marriage, and his repeated sexual acts while intentionally concealing the fact that he was married constituted a violation of her right to chastity.”
“Fake Single Persons”
In June 2024, Maiko launched an account on X titled “Association of Victims of Fake Single Persons.” After she shared her expertise of being the sufferer of a false illustration of her single standing and submitting a lawsuit for violation of her proper to chastity, she started receiving contact from girls who had suffered comparable experiences.
“When they found out they had been deceived by someone they trusted wholeheartedly and had planned a future with, some women became physically and mentally ill, and some even took their own lives,” Maiko says.
Even when lawsuits are accredited for damages, the quantity they’re ordered to pay is usually just a few hundred thousand yen.
“Furthermore, victims are often criticized for being ‘unreasonable for being deceived,’ and are sometimes treated the same as those committing adultery. I don’t think society has caught up in understanding,” says Maiko.
When reached for remark in regards to the man in Maiko’s case, Hakuhodo mentioned, “We have not answered all questions, including those about employment status. We consider compliance to be the foundation of our company, and if we find any conduct that goes against that, we will take strict action.”