hikikomon therapy

Internet therapy for Japan's bedroom geeks
A hikikomon is, it says here, a Japanese kid or young adult who holes up in his bedroom in his parents' house for weeks or months at a time, speaking to no one. [Ed.: News of the Weird has mentioned the phenomenon twice, but my word-search capability sucks; I can't find it easily with any combination of anything. I thus start the week disgusted with myself.] Now, there's potential relief, or at least for those boys who isolate themselves out of fear of girls: the "Just Looking" website, with photos of girls and young women simply staring into the camera. The hikikomon is supposed to stare them down and therefore desensitize himself to the idea of cowering before judgmental females. France24.com