[Discussion] What Are Your Thoughts On CNN & BBC's Report?
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No, they don't have a problem at all.
Their stance makes just as much sense as others, especially those in the West. The legal age of consent in Japan is 13 for good reason. Despite the notion that a "child" is still a child at that age, for most women, they are able to have kids at this age, even younger. Boys as well, usually develop their sperm as early as 11 and late as 14.
Japan isn't just some country that likes banging little kids. They just base their view of a child more so on the real medical evidence that signals "man/womanhood" in the body, rather than tradition or idealistic views on what constitutes a child.
Not saying I rock with Japan on this issue, but there's more to it
Their stance makes just as much sense as others, especially those in the West. The legal age of consent in Japan is 13 for good reason. Despite the notion that a "child" is still a child at that age, for most women, they are able to have kids at this age, even younger. Boys as well, usually develop their sperm as early as 11 and late as 14.
Japan isn't just some country that likes banging little kids. They just base their view of a child more so on the real medical evidence that signals "man/womanhood" in the body, rather than tradition or idealistic views on what constitutes a child.
Not saying I rock with Japan on this issue, but there's more to it
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But lowers the consent age down to 13 and have crap like this floating around:
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Sure, they don't want to "bang" any little kids :lol
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Jvenomstar, how about you look at your own culture and see if you find anything weird that falls under the same category as pedophilia. Right now you are just bashing. How about try to have a real discussion that refutes points. Maybe you will realize that what you bash is no different then what you think is normal.
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Remember, feminists say if you tell your girl to shave, you are a pedo because you are mimicking having *** with a prepubescent girl.
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What the hell does that have to do with anything?
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OTH: Do you support the underage thing going on in Japan?
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You just posted a girl, who looks like she's in her early 20s. That is even not a child. The point is that Japan sexualizes children and young teens.
I get that America do sexualize women and do sometimes sexualize teens, but not children. And I do not support the exploitation of children and teens in any form. It's sick and disgusting. But at least in America, the age of consent is 18 and not 13 like it is in Japan.
Where in America do they have this?
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Damn bro dont go too hard on him :stfu:You just posted a girl, who looks like she's in her early 20s. That is even not a child. The point is that Japan sexualizes children and young teens.
I get that America do sexualize women and do sometimes sexualize teens, but not children. And I do not support the exploitation of children and teens in any form. It's sick and disgusting. But at least in America, the age of consent is 18 and not 13 like it is in Japan.
Where in America do they have this?
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I'm still waiting. Can't wait to hear the BS that's gonna come in the next post.
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With enough cherry picking they could have made it look like manga was supporting hitler....don't read too much into it...no pun intended.
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My comment: "Japan isn't just some country that likes banging little kids"
Your response/lack of reading comprehension: "Sure they don't like to bang any kids"
Women and Men are able to have children as young as age 11. That is why the age of consent is 13 in Japan, because at that age the vast majority of women and men have already entered into adulthood by biological standards.
In the Western world, the view of what constitutes a child has less to do with their actual biological development than pre-existing traditions and views on what a "child" is.
So no, they don't JUST want to "bang little kids," because a "kid" isn't the same thing to them as it is to us. They allow consent at 13 because humans are developed enough at that point to conceive children. To them, much like it is in the Western world, a "child" shouldn't be able to bear children. Thus, a person who reaches the point of reproduction, isn't a child to them.
We simply choose to ignore the reality of nature until humans reach an age that we personally feel is acceptable for adulthood and childbearing, aka we don't like for them to "grow up too fast." But that doesn't make us any more or less right than they are. In fact, since they're the ones going by the person's actual biological structure, they're technically the rational ones. In contrast, our view is the literal equivalent of telling "nature" that it is dead wrong about our biological development and when we reach adulthood.
Aside from this, Japan has always been a sexually expressive culture, particularly when it comes to homosexuality. They can be very perverted and imaginative, nothing new at all. The tentacle rape fantasy is a prime example. It's "weird" to me too, but understandable given context. It would be a lot weirder if the US, for example, suddenly saw a boom in tentacle rape anime purchases, given our cultural distaste for sexual exploits between humans and non-humans (bestiality, for example)
Whether you agree with it in practice or not, the concept is fairly easy to grasp, if you're looking at it objectively.
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What matters is the age of viwers. It was awkward to see some movies for teenagers, i learned embarassing things o.o ( dont ask which one i dont remember U_U)
The CNN article starts with videos with no connection with the title and i read it all to understand why they put the videos - there should be an explanation about the whole manga anime stuff with the dimension of the child porn part in this when you put so different things together. The article is a mess and is write just to attract attention but not in a correct style. While is true that USA and Europe have different laws about children than Japan and the explicite porn manga related to children is a disturbing things for USA and Europe parents, this kind of article doesnt help to see the truth. Is just media anti advertising.Currently, BBC has written an article and has stated that anime and manga promotes child pornography. And in 2014, as a lot of people know that CNN came out with a report stating that anime and manga promotes the same thing. What are your thoughts and opinions based on the matter?
Do you believe they are right or wrong? Does Japan have a problem with pedophilia (The age of consent in Japan is 13 years old! YIKES btw)?
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In my opinion, I'll say yes and no. The first thing they got wrong was the fact that they generalized manga and anime as a whole. Not all manga and anime is the same (But mainstream is beginning to become cancerous tho).
You have great series out there in the world like Naruto, Kingdom, Seven Deadly Sins, Wolf's Rain, and even The Promised Neverland. It's retarded to just label everything as bad, when a lot of it is not the same in a creative sense.
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There are a lot of anime and manga that do sexualize children and young teenage girls like Ecchi & Lolicon (Fairy Tail & Astrisk Wars I'm looking dead at you). And I'm not gonna lie, Japan is the mecca and hub for pedophiles. It's like Disneyland for them. I mean you got crap like Ecchi and Lolicon that is downright disgusting.
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And don't let me get started on the tentacle rape and the crap that happened in SAO.
Anyway, what is your opinion? Do you believe that there needs to be change in the industry, especially since children can be exposed to stuff like this? Please share.
I dont have the patience atm to read the other article ><
My oppinion about this part of the manga industry which i ignore because i dont need it is that it is for sick ppl and its succes prove how many are sicks in the society. I hate child abuse and child porn with all my being.
Childhood age is a very interesting debate. The society habits and the way the children are raised make the difference in how a 13 old teenager see himself, as kid or as adult.
Back in history also in Europe the mariage age were small too, Juliet had 13 years too and it wasnt just to make the show more interesting it was a custom to marry a girl so young. Lately in XIX century ppl wanted to let the kids grow up mentally too to can choose free their life, to can study and make women active not just as homekeepers and moms.
Actually if you read the Snow White tale with other eyes you can also ban it for so many reasons.. Finally what is important is the readers education. Unfortunately kids are not so self aware and there are victims.
I am sure that Japan will find a way to change things if there are really so many problems from this kind of manga.
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Okay, I'll give you that. Twilight and The Vampire Diaries did that. I still remember when TVD fans were bashing Twilight about Edward x Bella's relationship, stating that it was pedophilic.
And at the same time, they're shipping Delena and Stelena. Damon and Stefan are over a 100 years old, dating a 17 year old Elena. Then you had the 1000 year old Klaus falling in love with Caroline, who was stilll in H.S.
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Its a common argument that those that can have their psychological needs dealt with through a medium whether it be art or film of any kind actually have less likelihood of acting upon those needs.