#paper is The Cost of Lolicon by Megan Sluzhevsky
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damn what a coincidence i was literally just researching lolicon phenomenon this week and now theres a kpop controversy abt it
#i hate that shit so bad hahaha. but anyways an interesting theory (proposal? idk proper terms) i read is#it rapidly developed after the us occupation of japan;#media culture rapidly grew to become soft power for japan since they were no longer allowed to#have their own military. so they fostered their media sector instead#also economic difficulties incentivized men towards fictional relationships bc it was less costly + less socially difficult#than attaining a real life relationship#-> which is also a contributor to japans shrinking population#and ofc japanese patriarchal culture helps to support the creation and propagation of this#now whether this can be taken as a fact im not completely sure. this was just one paper#it made good points but unfortunately it wasnt super well writen#paper is The Cost of Lolicon by Megan Sluzhevsky#its a pain in the ass to argue abt bc unfortunately theres no clear 'proof' that#illustrated csem correlates to real world csa#(like obvs it does but like. i dont think anyones put out concrete data for that yknow#its not the easiest thing in the world to 'prove'. unfortunately)#also the arguement of thought censorship and free speech.... *shakes fist*#now my personal opinion. i believe ppl who partake in this shit should die!#but im still gonna keep reading abt it. grrrr
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No.
As always, you should be more cautious when making mainstream art (if you get to be a Hollywood director, for example) than when making niche stuff.
As for which fiction inspires people to do what, the evidence is pretty murky. I'm sure FINR's Dreamwidth will have some links somewhere that someone who is not me can find. Let's not waste our time on freaking out about Japan. There are some well-publicized problems, but it's also a favorite subject of melodramatic reporting in English.
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Also...
When someone does cite sources, that doesn't automatically mean the sources say what they claim or that the sources are any good. I waded through the twitter thread you sent, and the first source cited is:
Sluzhevsky, Megan, "The Costs of Lolicon: Japan’s Pedophilia Trade" (2022). Senior Theses. 96.
This is an undergrad thesis, so basically worthless. Sorry, not sorry. (I wrote an undergrad thesis myself. It was also worthless.)
The abstract is:
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.
Chigo?! Wakashu? Fucking really?!
It might be a good paper. You can read it if you really want to. But the abstract is not inspiring a lot of confidence. Wakashu, for example, were often young, but it's a social category that has no modern equivalent, and it's not strictly bound by age. To roll this role for young men into hand-wringing about modern lolicon, not even shotacon? What?
The second citation is by a law student. It's a 2011/2012 article. It doesn't seem like it was peer reviewed, but I'm not sure.
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