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Also, think about what you just said. "Porn Stars are very much respected in America." Do you really think American parents would be MORE accepting of their son bringing home a porn actress than Japanese parents? Quote:
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One thing I found hilarious about Japanese people is that they were quite well aware of the amount of sexuality in their culture, from love hotels to adult manga lining the bookshelves of stores easily accessed from the street. Some of the funnier ones had no qualms asking and making fun of the perception that some foreigners had of Japanese people being "perverts"; I wonder if this is just related to some willingness to come to terms with their huge pornography industry. |
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2011-07-24, 06:49 | Link #1742 | ||
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In Japan, due to the number of willing parties, the companies and producer have the final say in what the starlets do on screen. The starlets have to hide behind an alias. And they have a sales target to meet each month. If they do not meet the projected target, they will be forced to do more outrageous act onscreen until the end of their contract. Quote:
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2011-07-24, 07:13 | Link #1743 | |
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[Edit]And this is coming from a guy who wants to work there while he's young and can take it. |
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2011-07-24, 07:50 | Link #1744 |
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"Last time I checked working in Japan meant letting your life get controlled by the company. It's slowly starting to change, but the corporations are still strong. It's not just the AV industry I'd bet where people are driven to desperation to keep working.
" I think it has something to do especially with their willpower to be allways kind to others and work as much as you can (money won't pop-up from nowhere) so.... kinda like an robot whose programmed to be perfect, result = being perfect. You never get to see what's happening behind the scenes but for these people, as i said, the result have to be perfect. So they don't care for someone's emotional state. I guess there's many pressure behind the work, as a country where the demand for products is very high. Question 'bout the catthingy: Because they are... cute? =P In Japan are tomboyish girls rare... cuteness is more popular. So its more cute to act like a cat or something like that xD
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2011-07-24, 13:51 | Link #1745 | ||
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2011-07-24, 16:51 | Link #1747 | |
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My family always finds Vancouver/Victoria a breath of fresh air in comparison to "righteous think-of-the-children harumphing while they sneak a girly mag in their briefcase" hypocrisy in the many parts of the US (and I compare this to other west coast cities like Seattle, Portland, SF, or Los Angeles). Japan is open in many ways... yet very very conservative in other ways -- but that is mapping western values onto it (which can lead to errors in analysis on occasion).
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2011-07-24, 19:10 | Link #1748 | |
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Born in Tokyo, lived in Australia/Korea for preschool, elementary in Illinois, junior high in Korea, high school in Japan, uni in Japan/Korea, working in Canada. |
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2011-07-25, 17:48 | Link #1750 | |
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Aslo that applies to the American. The media is mostly focused on sex and violence, which people love to watch. But in society everyone is against it. Then again dichotomy existed in the US for a long time. Damn I am impressed, must have been very tough. I mean moving from Korea to US was very tough from me, but compare to you my experience seems like nothing. Any discrimination from Korean or Japanese side? I would imagine in pre-school in Korea would warrant some insult from the kids.
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2011-07-28, 06:58 | Link #1751 |
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Young Japanese artist collective draws inspiration from Fukushima
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...tomic-artists/ (Warning: site is incredibly slow this morning.)
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2011-07-30, 23:02 | Link #1752 |
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Question, anime reflects some of Japanese culture, right? Then, why is that I often see (and read) this lines in some anime, ecchi or none ecchi that is "Do this and that's" even in highschool level students, and see actions in H animes. No offence, are the Japanese highschoolers (not all) already involved with these adult behaviors???
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2011-07-30, 23:47 | Link #1753 |
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If I remember my studies correctly, when taking out the virgins, the average age for first time in the Kanto region is around 15.7 years old nowadays, which I don't find surprising. However, I really don't see the connection between your question and the basis of that question: Aren't most North Americans and Europeans like that also?
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2011-07-31, 00:51 | Link #1756 | |
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Most of history, women generally married at 13/14, men perhaps 15/16 (after an apprenticeship). Sex has always happened with or without marriage -- regardless of how sinful or not any society labels it. Teenagers are a diverse group just like the adults are.
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2011-07-31, 08:52 | Link #1757 | |
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I think ero anime with high school age children are just the flip side of the coin; although, they're not necessarily marketed to the same crowd. You put it well when you said "anime reflects some of Japanese culture"; our job is just to make sure that we don't over zealously associate images with some underlying cultural value. |
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2011-07-31, 15:25 | Link #1758 | |
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http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html A 2005 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation puts the median age of first intercourse at around 17. http://www.kff.org/youthhivstds/uplo...Fact-Sheet.pdf
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2011-08-09, 13:37 | Link #1759 |
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Interview with a manga-ka and his young Chinese wife.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-b...0110809mm.html |
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