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Originally Posted by Charlatan
And yet the statisistics show that Japan has far fewer instances of rape and sadistic sexual behaviour that say, the US.
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Good observation.
In 1999 the results of a study conducted by the National Research Institute of Police Science in Tokyo was published in International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
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http://www.hawaii.edu/PCSS/online_ar...y_rape_jp.html )
Their findings linked a rapid decrease in the incidence of "sex crimes" of every type in Japan to a propotional proliferation of violent and sadistic pornography available in Japan over the past couple of decades.
"Within Japan itself, the dramatic increase in available pornography and sexually explicit materials is apparent to even a casual observer. This is concomitant with a general liberalization of restrictions on other sexual outlets as well. Also readily apparent from the information presented is that, over this period of change, sex crimes in every category, from rape to public indecency, sexual offenses from both ends of the criminal spectrum, significantly decreased in incidence.
"Most significantly, despite the wide increase in availability of pornography to children, not only was there a decrease in sex crimes with juveniles as victims but the number of juvenile offenders also decreased significantly.
"These findings are similar to, but are even more striking than, those reported with the rise of sexually explicit materials in Denmark, Sweden and West Germany. The findings from Europe were, in turn, more dramatic than those reported for the United States."
"Despite the absence of evidence, the myth persists that an abundance of sexual explicit material invariably leads to an abundance of sexual activity and eventually rape (e.g., Liebert, Neale, & Davison, 1973). Indeed, the data we report and review suggests the opposite."
"It is certainly clear from our data and analysis that a massive increase in available pornography in Japan has been correlated with a dramatic decrease in sexual crimes and most so among youngsters as perpetrators or victims."
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"(Japan has) the highest percentage of arrests and convictions in reported cases of any developed nation."
Perhaps it's the repression that gives rise to the certain sexual proclivities - which can, in turn, be diffused by providing socially acceptable forms of release (e.g. access to pornography and/or legalized prostitution).
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Originally Posted by joemc91
What I don't understand is how something so unnatural, that is shooting someone, stabbing, violence in general, is so accepted in this country. But at the same time, something perfectly natural, and arguably the most natural thing, such as nudity and sex, is somehow construed as unnatural and shameful. I would much prefer my kid (if I had one) see naked women and men than some guy or gal get shot in a movie. Not to imply that I wouldn't mind a young kid seeing gratuitous sex, because that isn't appropriate for some ages, but nudity is exactly something you've never seen before.
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I agree. I think that the glorification of violence in movies and television has escalated to a perverse degree - especially in proportion to the degree of sexual repression we continue to enforce.