| I just came across an interesting article: 6 WTF Japanese Trends (You Can Blame on White Guys) Here's a few extracts about the porn, hit the link above for the full article: Nudity has never been taboo in Japanese culture. Not only were women used to walking around topless, but what we call porn was just another common genre of books, like cooking or travel. Japanese porn, or shunga, was a traditional form of visual media that had no stigma attached to it. It was only in the 19th century, when Western morality came to Japan, that the Japanese government decided to crack down on such traditional practices as public nudity, in order to make the case to the West that Japan was totally a civilized country. They enacted one of the strangest porn laws in the world: It's OK to have sex on camera, but any display of genitals is strictly forbidden. Tentacles aren't technically dicks -- even when they're explicitly dick-shaped and behaving in a very dickish fashion -- so the government is powerless to censor them. Discuss... |
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| Calling bullshit. Porn in America isn't censored. So if the Japanese took it from "Americans enforcing their values", they themselves exaggerated it to the point that all genetalia needs to be censored. |
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| Now in American there are certain places where women can walk around topless in the streets if they so please. |
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| 100% bullshit! Oh, so Japan can't change their laws now? Pffft.... |
Red_Keys said: Calling bullshit. JustALEX said: 100% bullshit! That's quite likely - Look where it comes from. It's likely that parts of it are based on real facts, but the guys over at cracked.com usually make weird deductions like this for humour. It was still an interesting read though. |
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| So what exactly is there to discuss about now? XD |
Just this once, I'll fulfill whatever your wish is. |
| Hentai manga is often uncensored. It rarely bothers me |
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| Honestly, it is weird. Japan is one of the most liberal countries in the world with the majority of the population being atheistic. But in the end they're still moralfags when it comes to porn?!?!? Makes no fucking sense! |
JustALEX said: Honestly, it is weird. Japan is one of the most liberal countries in the world with the majority of the population being atheistic. Gay marriage isn't even an issue there (no gay marriage). Tougher on marijuana than the U.S. There are certain religious places (mostly mountains and islands) that women are actually banned from |
JustALEX said: Honestly, it is weird. Japan is one of the most liberal countries in the world with the majority of the population being atheistic. But in the end they're still moralfags when it comes to porn?!?!? Makes no fucking sense! Atheist =/= no morals |
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| Pre-WWII prostitutes in the red light district used to sit nude outside of their buildings of operation so customers could inspect their bodies. It wasn't until there was pressure from the West that they stopped this practice. Of course the source of this article is irreputable because it's an entertainment site, but I've seen the same sentiments echoed in serious anthropological studies of Japanese culture, so I can buy that it's true. I think even now the desire to appear more western influences their pronography laws; I recall reading from an interview about the RapeLay fiasco and censorship of certain acts in VNs a few years ago some government big wig saying something to the extent of "The fact that this is acceptable is exactly why we have the reputation for being 'crazy' from other nations and we need to put a stop to it." Japan is highly sensitive to criticism. JustALEX said: Honestly, it is weird. Japan is one of the most liberal countries in the world with the majority of the population being atheistic. But in the end they're still moralfags when it comes to porn?!?!? Makes no fucking sense! that's not true at all, Japanese people are extremely culturally conservative, just in ways unrelated to religious dogma. v_v |
w7y7a7t7t said: Atheist =/= no morals LOL, that's not what I was trying to say. and "moralfag" is just a terminology when it comes to someone with STRONG moral views on something they really shouldn't. |
Virtual_BS said: Honestly since i recently watch Majikoi i remember this phrase is utered by Yamato when he accidentaly see Chris naked.I just came across an interesting article: 6 WTF Japanese Trends (You Can Blame on White Guys) Here's a few extracts about the porn, hit the link above for the full article: Nudity has never been taboo in Japanese culture. Not only were women used to walking around topless, but what we call porn was just another common genre of books, like cooking or travel. Japanese porn, or shunga, was a traditional form of visual media that had no stigma attached to it. It was only in the 19th century, when Western morality came to Japan, that the Japanese government decided to crack down on such traditional practices as public nudity, in order to make the case to the West that Japan was totally a civilized country. They enacted one of the strangest porn laws in the world: It's OK to have sex on camera, but any display of genitals is strictly forbidden. Tentacles aren't technically dicks -- even when they're explicitly dick-shaped and behaving in a very dickish fashion -- so the government is powerless to censor them. Discuss... |
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JustALEX said: Honestly, it is weird. Japan is one of the most liberal countries in the world with the majority of the population being atheistic. Japan is a very conservative and traditional society. I guess it depends who you compare it to, but compared to most European countries it definitely is a conservative nation. |
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JennyEsquire said: JustALEX said: Honestly, it is weird. Japan is one of the most liberal countries in the world with the majority of the population being atheistic. Japan is a very conservative and traditional society. I guess it depends who you compare it to, but compared to most European countries it definitely is. Are we talking about politics or the general population? I tend to think the general population is more liberal than conservative....maybe I'm wrong? |
JustALEX said: JennyEsquire said: JustALEX said: Honestly, it is weird. Japan is one of the most liberal countries in the world with the majority of the population being atheistic. Japan is a very conservative and traditional society. I guess it depends who you compare it to, but compared to most European countries it definitely is. Are we talking about politics or the general population? I tend to think the general population is more liberal than conservative....maybe I'm wrong? It depends on what it is that you want to conserve. Conservatives in Japan for example don't have much of a problem with homosexuality, because it has never been taboo in Japanese society. Conservatives in the US however, usually have a completely different idea. Japan ranks very low when it comes to gender equality, gender roles are much more prominent, and they have one of the most conservative views of immigration in the world. The Japanese people are very dilligent to preserve the Japanese society, their values, and their culture, which is in my opinion not a bad thing at all. Now if only Europe would have a similar attitude Maybe you already know all this but what the heck, other people can read it too. |
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TallonKarrde23 said: Read on...Sorry, but thinking Cracked articles are an informative and accurate resource is like going to Shitkaku for actual news. It's a comedy site for a reason. Virtual_BS said: Red_Keys said: Calling bullshit. JustALEX said: 100% bullshit! That's quite likely - Look where it comes from. It's likely that parts of it are based on real facts, but the guys over at cracked.com usually make weird deductions like this for humour. It was still an interesting read though. You should see their article on Boobs. The "And here's a PG-13 tour of the reasons why:" was just brilliant. |
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JennyEsquire said: It depends on what it is that you want to conserve. Conservatives in Japan for example don't have much of a problem with homosexuality, because it has never been taboo in Japanese society. Conservatives in the US however, usually have a completely different idea. Japan ranks very low when it comes to gender equality, gender roles are much more prominent, and they have one of the most conservative views of immigration in the world. The Japanese people are very dilligent to preserve the Japanese society, their values, and their culture, which is in my opinion not a bad thing at all. Now if only Europe would have a similar attitude Maybe you already know all this but what the heck, other people can read it too. I see... BTW, as an American, I can tell you right now that our conservatives (the party leaders) are pretty much fascists. If it were up to them, we would be a theocracy with very strict rules on just about everything. |
JustALEX said: That's not true. But I don't want to turn this into a political debate, so I will just leave you with this.JennyEsquire said: It depends on what it is that you want to conserve. Conservatives in Japan for example don't have much of a problem with homosexuality, because it has never been taboo in Japanese society. Conservatives in the US however, usually have a completely different idea. Japan ranks very low when it comes to gender equality, gender roles are much more prominent, and they have one of the most conservative views of immigration in the world. The Japanese people are very dilligent to preserve the Japanese society, their values, and their culture, which is in my opinion not a bad thing at all. Now if only Europe would have a similar attitude Maybe you already know all this but what the heck, other people can read it too. I see... BTW, as an American, I can tell you right now that our conservatives (the party leaders) are pretty much fascists. If it were up to them, we would be a theocracy with very strict rules on just about everything. |
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Red_Keys said: JustALEX said: That's not true. But I don't want to turn this into a political debate, so I will just leave you with this.JennyEsquire said: It depends on what it is that you want to conserve. Conservatives in Japan for example don't have much of a problem with homosexuality, because it has never been taboo in Japanese society. Conservatives in the US however, usually have a completely different idea. Japan ranks very low when it comes to gender equality, gender roles are much more prominent, and they have one of the most conservative views of immigration in the world. The Japanese people are very dilligent to preserve the Japanese society, their values, and their culture, which is in my opinion not a bad thing at all. Now if only Europe would have a similar attitude Maybe you already know all this but what the heck, other people can read it too. I see... BTW, as an American, I can tell you right now that our conservatives (the party leaders) are pretty much fascists. If it were up to them, we would be a theocracy with very strict rules on just about everything. It kinda already is a political thread so... Anyways, yes, on paper the site you listed is correct. But there's a name for these people I speak of.....Neocons. and YES, there are a lot of them that are very extreme and wish to make this country into a theocracy and enforce stricter rules on various issues. |
--ALEX--Dec 11, 2012 3:05 PM
| Those of you who are saying this is bullshit should obviously read a bit more carefully. The OP specifies the early twentieth century; which you seem to be equating to contemporary Western society. It does not seem unlikely to me that public nudity was acceptable in Japan historically (see: Onsens) and Japan certainly did try to appeal to Western customs in the early twentieth century (see: Sailor Outfits) and finally that Western culture in the early twentieth century was socially conservative (see: Prohibition, Christian Values, Fascism). I'm not saying that Western values are definitely the reason for this censorship, but it's certainly not an unreasonable suggestion to make. |
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| I'm pretty sure that in Japan, it's ok to show genitals but not pubic hair. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
BloodRequiem said: I'm pretty sure that in Japan, it's ok to show genitals but not pubic hair. I don't think that's true cause from what I've seen japanese girls are as hairy as bears |
autistic_catgirl said: BloodRequiem said: I'm pretty sure that in Japan, it's ok to show genitals but not pubic hair. I don't think that's true cause from what I've seen japanese girls are as hairy as bears Hence the censors. Anyways it was from a law project back in highschool. Might not be accurate. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
Their NSFW picture made me lol. |
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mitch3315 said: Their NSFW picture made me lol. Those pixels are too hot |
| i found the article about how donald duck is the cause for anime and manga (and other stuff) more interesting :). |
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| Old thread that was necroed but America basically wrote Japan’s censorship law during American occupation post WWII. |
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