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People tend to generalize Akihabara to the rest of dull, boring Japan. There is one (or two?) underwear vendor machine... in a sex shop. Someone was comparing

by Iv 7y ago

People tend to generalize Akihabara to the rest of dull, boring Japan. There is one (or two?) underwear vendor machine... in a sex shop. Someone was comparing this myth to the idea that in the US you can have your car washed with stripper boobs, which I am sure you can... somewhere... The loli genre is frowned upon, but there is a slightly different view of pedophilia here: instead of being seen as psychopaths like in the west, they see them more as immature men-child stuck on highschool fantasies. And let's be frank: Japan is far behind when it comes to fight the rape culture. 'They' in your last sentence is a subset of the otaku culture, what you would now call incels in the west. It is creepy as hell, but it is a fringe minority.

eej2ya1K 7y ago
While I disagree that Japan is dull or boring, this is a pretty good post.
- ekianjo 7y ago
  Outside of large cities it is fairly true that Japan can be dull or boring.
  - FartyMcFarter 7y ago
    This can be true for any country.
    - ekianjo 7y ago
      Sure so Japan is basically nothing special unless you talk about Kanto or Kansai.
  - starfallg 7y ago
    Dull and boring in a far-off land can also be quite interesting. Much of human experience is relative.
ainiriand 7y ago
The regulators allow for the toddler sex but somehow normal sex is censored, all this at a national level by regulators chosen by normal citizens. It is the tip of the iceberg reflecting a problem. > in the US you can have your car washed with stripper boobs That is also a reflection of a problem, at least adults are involved.
- eej2ya1K 7y ago
  I can't believe this needs saying, but drawn characters aren't real.
  - mamon 7y ago
    But people who watch such animations are real, and the choice of what to watch tells a lot about them.
    - claudiawerner 7y ago
      The ethnographic research into the consumers of the people who watch such animations would disagree with you; for them, the more unrealistic the representation is, the more desirable. See the work of Patrick Galbraith and Mark McLelland, who are both respected researchers in Japanese culture studies. It is not clear that a desire for the cartoon form extends to the desire for real child pornography, just as it is not clear that playing violent video games extends to the desire to kill people in real life, or reading erotic Harry Potter fanfiction extends to wanting to haves sex with Daniel Radcliffe.
      - wruza 7y ago
        >more unrealistic Some* booru owners complained that realistic 3d tags gained a significant share and views in recent years. I don’t remember if they posted exact percentages. * not going to post it here, but it’s not hard to figure out
        claudiawerner 7y ago
tomp 7y ago
> Japan is far behind when it comes to fight the rape culture. By which metric? According to the first statistic I found online, it's far below most western countries in rates of rape (of course, statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime). http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/rape-statistics-by-country/ http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/rape-statistics-b... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics
- Faark 7y ago
  > statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime I wouldn't trust (as in compare globally) any crime stat from Japan, as they have a 99% conviction rate [0]. This obviously cannot be achieved unless you set up your process to make sure only safe cases enter the systems. And guess what especially occurs in private areas, without witnesses leading to he-said-she-said? A culture were you don't want to bring shame to your family doesn't help either. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan
- Iv 7y ago
  > of course, statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime There you go. Almost all of my female friends who I am close enough to hear about that have been assaulted in their past and they have not reported it (and blame themselves for it of course). On this map, most countries you will see who are below 5.0 probably have some serious under-reporting.

by Iv 7y ago

eej2ya1K 7y ago

While I disagree that Japan is dull or boring, this is a pretty good post.

ekianjo 7y ago
Outside of large cities it is fairly true that Japan can be dull or boring.
- FartyMcFarter 7y ago
  This can be true for any country.
  - ekianjo 7y ago
    Sure so Japan is basically nothing special unless you talk about Kanto or Kansai.
- starfallg 7y ago
  Dull and boring in a far-off land can also be quite interesting. Much of human experience is relative.

ainiriand 7y ago

The regulators allow for the toddler sex but somehow normal sex is censored, all this at a national level by regulators chosen by normal citizens. It is the tip of the iceberg reflecting a problem. > in the US you can have your car washed with stripper boobs That is also a reflection of a problem, at least adults are involved.

eej2ya1K 7y ago
I can't believe this needs saying, but drawn characters aren't real.
- mamon 7y ago
  But people who watch such animations are real, and the choice of what to watch tells a lot about them.
  - claudiawerner 7y ago
    The ethnographic research into the consumers of the people who watch such animations would disagree with you; for them, the more unrealistic the representation is, the more desirable. See the work of Patrick Galbraith and Mark McLelland, who are both respected researchers in Japanese culture studies. It is not clear that a desire for the cartoon form extends to the desire for real child pornography, just as it is not clear that playing violent video games extends to the desire to kill people in real life, or reading erotic Harry Potter fanfiction extends to wanting to haves sex with Daniel Radcliffe.
    - wruza 7y ago
      >more unrealistic Some* booru owners complained that realistic 3d tags gained a significant share and views in recent years. I don’t remember if they posted exact percentages. * not going to post it here, but it’s not hard to figure out
      - claudiawerner 7y ago

tomp 7y ago

> Japan is far behind when it comes to fight the rape culture. By which metric? According to the first statistic I found online, it's far below most western countries in rates of rape (of course, statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime). http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/rape-statistics-by-country/ http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/rape-statistics-b... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_statistics

Faark 7y ago
> statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime I wouldn't trust (as in compare globally) any crime stat from Japan, as they have a 99% conviction rate [0]. This obviously cannot be achieved unless you set up your process to make sure only safe cases enter the systems. And guess what especially occurs in private areas, without witnesses leading to he-said-she-said? A culture were you don't want to bring shame to your family doesn't help either. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conviction_rate#Japan
Iv 7y ago
> of course, statistics might be reflective of underreporting instead of actual occurrence of a crime There you go. Almost all of my female friends who I am close enough to hear about that have been assaulted in their past and they have not reported it (and blame themselves for it of course). On this map, most countries you will see who are below 5.0 probably have some serious under-reporting.