This thesis investigates Japan’s normalization of pedophilia via the proliferation of popular culture and media. This analysis will begin by looking at historical examples of pedophilia, specifically focusing on chigo in Medieval Japanese Buddhism, wakashu in Edo Period pleasure quarters, and the spread of soft power diplomacy after World War II.
This phenomenon will also be viewed in the modern context by discussing lolicon in Japanese media and advertising, idol culture in the Japanese music industry, the JK business, and “real” child pornography. The ways that Japan benefits from this culture economically and politically will also be investigated.
Finally, this thesis will take into consideration the opinions of those who do not see these media forms as morally reprehensible, and consider the ways this phenomenon may or may not endanger children in real life.
Currently reading through this. Thought I’d share.
The way the most sus and creepy treat defenders make excuses for it, whether “it’s just lines on paper” or “it’s just zeroes and ones through the internet” or “she’s actually a 1000 year old half dragon half demon half angel vampire” or “this is just historical accuracy because at the time portrayed in this fiction, this is legal” or “dae letting consumers ‘vent’ pathologies will totally not normalize them for real guys” or whatever else show just how powerful and effective the ongoing normalization campaign has been, for both profit and :epstein: self-interest reasons among post-war capitalists.