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WhileGokuis easily the greatest Italian sandwich theDragon Balluniverse has ever hear , there is one face of his past that is troubling and problematic : Goku is way too comfortable with intimate harassment – andVegetamade him pay for it .
The issues surround Goku regarding sexual harassment arose during the classicDragon Ballseries . When Goku was a fry , he was quite literally raise in the woods and did n’t interact with anyone outside of his recently deceased grandfather untilBulma get Goku wandering alone . Because of his lack of savvy when it comes to appropriate interactions with humans – especially women – Goku was given some leeway until he learn how to comport himself decent . For example , to ‘ distinguish the dispute ’ between a ‘ young woman ’ and a ‘ male child ’ , Goku would grab strangers ’ genital organ and ground their gender on the physical characteristics of their body alone after touching them without their consent – intend he not only don their gender , but he also physically assaults them . right away , Bulma severalize Goku that this is n’t something he ’s allowed to do since he innocently did not know that before he was told , and so he finally finish – but then Goku start doing things that are far worse : he employ women ’s torso ( chiefly Bulma ’s ) as item that can be traded and exchange for favors , and it ’s worse because he does this live full well it ’s wrong .
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InDragon Ballchapter 509 by Akira Toriyama , Majin Buu has destroyed the Earth and Goku and Vegeta find themselves in the world of the Kais . While trying to arrive up with a architectural plan tofix the damage Buu caused , the remain Z - Fighters decide to use the Dragon Balls of New Namek to restore the Earth and its masses . However , Old Kai believes the Dragon Balls are a mockery of nature , and he wo n’t allow them to utilise the wish - granting globe . So , in an effort to win over him to aid them , Goku offers Old Kai naked word picture of Bulma – something that is overhear by Vegeta . Vegeta immediately screams at Kakarot for objectifying Bulma like that . Not only was Bulma Vegeta ’s wife , but she also deserve more regard than give her physical structure establish off without her consent .
Goku Has a Long History of Sexual Harassment Despite Knowing It’s Wrong
Goku tempting Old Kai with a ‘ naked Bulma ’ is far from the first time Goku has used this method acting when prove to get what he wants . direction back inthe classicDragon Ballseries , Goku enjoin Master Roshi that he can grope an nonaged Bulma if he helped him put out the flame on Fire Mountain . Then , to begin with in this veryDBZsaga , actually , Goku evidence Old Kai he can do the same matter in exchange for his help , and Gohan ( who was present for that shameful exchange ) points out how wrong that was and rightly calls what his father is doing intimate harassment . However , despite age of being told it is wrong , Goku never stop over . He can no longer claim to be the illiterate forest - tike who does n’t sympathize human customs as he has been fully plunge in human society and explicitly taught mightily from wrong in heed to these specific boundaries – but Goku just does n’t care , which is why Vegeta blowing up on him is in reality very satisfying .
While Gohan previously told his father that this type of intimate harassment is wrong , Vegeta actually penalise him for it and sharply drills it into Goku ’s skull to never depersonalize Bulma like that again – something that actually sticks for the oddment of the series . It ’s a shameful truth thatDragon Ballhas a troubling pastof playing off intimate harassment as a caper and having the serial publication ’ main protagonist be the proponent of that molestation , but in this chapter , Vegetaputs an end toGoku ’s problematic nature once and for all by actually produce him pay for it .
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