
From Zen Buddhism to Preying on Vulnerable Women (2013) - jimsojim
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/from-zen-buddhism-to-preying-on-vulnerable-women/281475/?single_page=true
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justnot4me
I guess this is a case of desire causing suffering.

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bonobo3000
Shimano may not have been a good guy, but its kind of weird how its framed as
the evil man exploiting the poor, vulnerable women, rather than a consensual
act between 2 people.

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a_puppy
I agree if a man sleeps with a consenting woman but later chooses not to enter
a romantic relationship even though she wants to, that's not evil by itself.
Some people would say that he's "using her for sex" or a "womanizer" or
whatever, as if sex includes an implicit promise to enter a relationship; I
would disagree.

But that's not what's going on in the case of Eido Shimano. He was a teacher
sleeping with his students, which is generally considered unethical. He
appears to have led his sexual partners to believe that they were in a
monogamous relationship, then cheated on them. He repeatedly harassed a woman
who refused his advances. And at least one woman accused him of groping her,
which is just plain illegal. I think it's fair to call that behavior "evil"
and "exploitative", and I don't see anything weird about the article framing
it that way.

