Not something I personally bother with to be honest, but I know a
lot of people enjoy watching hentai, so I thought I would blog about it.
To me, hentai is no worse than pornography, If not in a way better. The
reason I say this is because hentai, unlike pornography, does not
degrade women, and especially not in the same manner as pornography.
Interesting fact actually – hentai originally came
about in Japan as porn was…Well…not illegal, but much frowned upon, due
to its degradation of women. It was then that
the Japanese realised that they could still get their ‘thrills’ without
having to degrade women, if they just made an anime with a sex theme.
And thus hentai was born. It’s strange to think that it was created just to stop women being seen as objects for man’s pleasure and abuse. And in a way, it was a truly groundbreaking creation. Since
then, pornography has become common place in Japan, however, it is
still not appreciated as much as hentai – after all, in anime you can
create any scenario, commit any acts, without the character REALLY
being involved, used and abused etc.
With the introduction of hentai have come many sub-genres, such as Yaoi (men with men) and Lolicon (Children with adults). The latter is a touchy subject here in the UK. Although
‘theoretically’ lolicon has nothing to do with paedophilia since it’s
just a cartoon, however, in European countries it is still frowned
upon…though I’m almost positive if you looked at the statistics with
regards to paedophiles in Japan in correspondence with those in the UK,
you would probably find that the UK has the highest crime rate.
But I will talk about Lilicon in another post at a later date as there is much to be said on this subject. So
I leave you to take in all that has been said today with regards to
hentai, please feel free to comment about anything you have read here.
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