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Some things which people write or draw are certainly repugnant, extremely repugnant, including some particular forms of hentai manga, and if someone were actual

• nanoscopic 5y ago
  I agree that hentai manga can be very disgusting. Rape scenes involving children is a theme that is commonly available. Having set foot in a doujinshi shop in Akihabara ( down a random alley in the basement ), they are apparently also quite popular in Japan. The cover of many doujinshi ( of that variety ) are of undressed children in explicit poses. I would have snapped a photo of said shop if there weren't signs everywhere saying "no photos allowed", to show people just exactly how much this is a thing. So long as the creators are sourcing their artistic style on imagination and/or non-sexual source art, I don't think there is any real harm being done, and therefore I personally believe such should still be legal. I do, though, question the purpose of it and agree that it is pretty disturbing content. I disagree that you cannot become a twisted person by viewing sufficient twisted content. The perspective matters of course, but I could readily believe that an otherwise harmless pervert could become inclined to enacting harm against others after reading a sufficient amount of such content. The pervert has their fantasies enthralled, and thus begins to believe more-so that enacting things in the way described is acceptable. In this way, I think the way the perverse content is depicted matters. If it is depicted in a way that makes it seem like wonderful fun to abuse others, then I agree it should become illegal. I also can't think of depictions that I would approve of myself and can only think of depictions less likely to encourage harm. I agree with the idea that hentai manga provides an outlet for people who may enact their fantasies in reality if they did not have that outlet. The idea is that the hentai serves as a punching bag of sorts. I could believe that some believe they can only be attracted to children and not to adults, but I don't think that justifies and means they have a right to view sexualized kids or art of it. I'd argue that such individuals are better off just enjoying normal manga and hentai instead of getting involved in hentai. As I mentioned previously, I author erotica. One question I have asked myself many times is "Am I encouraging or causing others to engage in the fictional behavior I have imagined and written?" Having read the reviews of my writing by readers; I strongly believe the answer is "Yes. Whatever fictional content I create, should it be believable and seem sufficiently safe, will be enacted by readers as a result of learning about it." The "readers should understand it is fiction and not enact the fantasy" excuse doesn't fly in my mind. Many readers will not understand that clearly, regardless of even being told to keep this in mind, and will still enact the fiction.
• buisi 5y ago
  As a response to your dead comment, not only do they not have feelings towards adults in any meaningful sense, other than making a friend, but they actually feel disgust and revulsion towards sexual settings involving adults. In a way, it is as if their sexual axis has been inverted, and instead of being disgusted by one, they're instead disgusted by the other. It's also not a belief. The science has put it clearly that such people exist. Saying otherwise is to deny the science. Not only can the science measure someone's response to material, but even their neuronal response to it. It _is_ a spectrum, so there are types who aren't that bad off, and perhaps, even ones who are lightly touched by it. But, the idea that it is purely a form of deviance and twisting is flawed. There are pieces of anecdotal science (studies on small samples of people who report it helping them not have to commit crime), a country level study on crime in the Czech Republic, and expert opinions from half a dozen experts which would suggest that at worst it is neutral and at best it reduces crime. Most importantly, there has never been evidence that it causes crime. This property has largely been assumed, and has never been tested in such a fashion, despite a lot of people assuming it has been tested and produced such results. There is an exception where prisoners wanting to get early parole / better conditions play along with flawed studies. According to Dr. Seto, those who commit crimes are largely antisocial individuals who were leaning and moving in that direction to begin with. And that they ultimately would have reached that conclusion. At most, I might advise putting a content warning on a site or a piece that explains that it is a piece of fiction, and that it should be not be enacted. But, I've never seen actual evidence, only conjecture, that that it could be a problem. It's just not listed in actual psych profiles. And while I will condemn someone acting out the crimes, condemning someone for consuming / producing a piece of media is going to feel like an adversarial attack on them (which fuels in-group bias, meeting up with like-minded people, distancing, and conspiracy theories), and it ultimately just deprives them of pleasure, without any real gain (and that is in the best case). If someone does feel it is making them really likely to do something that they shouldn't, I would strongly advise that they don't read it, and I don't feel that a level-headed individual would just run all the way to doing a crime. As for those reviews, I would have to know what they actually say. But, people say all sorts of things when they're "horny". And critics will critic.