| I'm glad more men in Japan are seeing the light and want idols to be happy. Source Hopefully a survey for the ladies will be released but I can see that ending in similar results. There is one small catch though, it surveyed primarily normal Japanese men and not idol fans, but in the grand scheme of things, this is good news because if a law outlawing these horrific contracts was to be voted on in the Diet, the normal folk would be ones for the laws banning it and some of the fans which are fewer in number would be against it. |
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| Awesome Now let's just hope they'll actually try to do something about it |
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| Well not sure why they would survey women, I mean that isn't the target demographic of Idols. Although a more meaningful survey would be the opinion of those who would be considered "idol fans", since that would be the group that affects their profits. It's kind of the same as when everyone gets up and arms about video game companies doing this or that to appease "SJW's" - One of the first points always brought up is "They don't even play video games", and it really isn't wrong to bring this up either. Then again, idols sound just as toxic as things like boy bands, so I really couldn't care what happens to them. |
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| Idol culture is still a lame form of celebrity worship either way but that's an improvement I guess. |
| It's hard to believe that this is even a thing. The fans get jealous or what? lol |
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| What's a purity clause? Idols can't have relationships or something? Who's coming up with this stuff? |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
| That's great news, hopefully it will have consequences. I think there should be a collective effort on both the fans and the producers' side to make a clear distinction between idols as fictional characters, and their real-life counterparts. We all know that the idol persona is fake, but the actress is still forced to present it as real, even outside of her public performances. It's as if wrestling stars had to act like larger-than-life caricatures even in their daily lives. |
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| Didn't even know about that clause. They're so backwards ffs. |
yosimba2000 said: What's a purity clause? Idols can't have relationships or something? Who's coming up with this stuff? A contract that restricts idols and sometimes non-idol seiyuu from dating, getting married, r having sex. |
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| Terrific news. The fact that there's an official "contract" for this sort of thing only makes it all the more heinous. |
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Hoppy said: yosimba2000 said: What's a purity clause? Idols can't have relationships or something? Who's coming up with this stuff? A contract that restricts idols and sometimes non-idol seiyuu from dating, getting married, r having sex. I guess I can see why companies would do that, but it's still a dick move to hinder someone's unprofessional life because their job doesn't see it as favorable. |
| Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth. -Walt Whitman A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -Robert A. Heinlein |
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