Why are men 'shoving' unsuspecting women in daylight? Disturbing 'trend' inspired by Japanese incels sees thugs 'body slamming' victims - and then acting as if nothing has happened
Disturbing 'trend' sees thugs 'body slamming' women in street
Women in London have been sharing terrifying instances which have seen them shoved, chased and even punched on public transport - or while simply walking in the city in broad daylight.
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Disturbing 'trend' sees thugs 'body slamming' women in street
Women in London have been sharing terrifying instances which have seen them shoved, chased and even punched on public transport - or while simply walking in the city in broad daylight.
A terrifying trend that sees men shoving themselves into unsuspecting women before walking off unfazed has left women in the UK terrified.
Women in London have been sharing details of horrifying attacks where they have seen them shoved, chased and even punched on public transport - or while simply walking or travelling in the city during the day.
Taking to social media, many have been recounting the horrific incidents in which they were 'body slammed' with no warning - in a worrying trend which seems to originate from Japan.
The misogynist practice, dubbed 'butsukari otoko' (which literally translates to a 'bumping man') sees incel men deliberately ramming into women at crowded train stations.
In a recent TikTok, one 20-year-old woman was left with whiplash after she was body slammed to the ground while walking along Mile End canal in East London.
'Please, if you're in London you need to be so careful,' social media creator Ayla Mellek (@aylamellek) said. 'Because I just got assaulted today in broad daylight.'
The influencer shared how she and a friend were strolling along to enjoy a brunch at the Blue Ivy cafe and it was 'quite a busy day'.
'There were cyclists, runners, just people walking, mothers with prams, it was bustling, people with dogs. (dog emoji)
'I'm walking with my friend and there's this guy running towards me. He's massive, double my height, six foot four, he had muscles all over his shoulders and he was dressed in blue and he was running.
'He literally to me was just somebody who was running along the canal - a lot of people jog - and we were walking.
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'So I twist my body so he can get past me because it is a bit crowded. There was a gap for him to get past me, but instead of going in this gap, this guy ran at me at full force and body slammed me to the ground.
'With so much force, this guy slammed me in the chest. I twisted in the air and landed face down on the floor.'
Speaking to Metro, she added: 'After he collided with me, I heard a grunt of satisfaction come from him.
‘Bear in mind, he is huge and around 6ft4 tall. As he came towards me, I turned my body to make a gap for him to run through, but instead he ran at me at full speed and completely bodied me.
It felt like he was trying to knock me into the canal, but the way by body was turned it meant I hit the ground instead.’
Even a couple of hours later, Ayla's hands and palms were still red from where she had taken the brunt of the fall.
'My head landed on grass and my body landed on concrete, and then he just ran away,' she continued. 'I was in so much shock I just started crying immediately.'
'In their minds, women are taking up space on the sidewalks, women are taking up space in society - and it's a dominance thing. This "trend" from Japan is now in London. It's very subtle - they do it in a way it looks deniable.'
'This needs to be taken seriously. I'm in contact with the police and the police are also dealing with this. If you ever see anything like this in public - please do report this. It's a disgusting, growing trend.'
Creator @sandyinjapannn, who is based in East Asia, has made a series on videos on the topic, and in November interviewed a woman about her experiences with butsukari otoko.
'I've had run-ins with them on the train,' she revealed. 'Also while walking on the streets.
'I saw a dude like, choosing women on the street to ram into them. So I tried to go around him, he chased me and rammed into me. He was probably around 50s to 60s.' @Emba?
The problem first came to light in May 2018, when a video of a man ramming into multiple women at Shinjuku Station was widely circulated on X/Twitter and YouTube.
The unsettling 43-second clip showed a man - who gained notoriety as the 'Shinjuku Station Tackle Man' - wearing a black backpack as he walked around the precinct picking his targets before forcefully shouldering at least four women.
While the perpetrator in that case was never identified, another 'butsokari otoko' was apprehended by Japanese police in July 2020 - after Daisuke Nagata was accused of slamming into six women at Keikyu-Kamata Station in Ota Ward.
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