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Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort... by mirimir on Saturday August 19, 2017 @11:07AM (#15053785)
I'm not conflating anything. I'm saying that applying American sexual standards to Japanese culture is problematic. If it's not uncommon for ~14 year old women to earn spending money as sex workers, why wouldn't pictures of naked ~14 year old women be likewise common?

One could, of course, argue that Japanese culture is backward and unenlightened. Indeed, I'm sure that many Japanese are convinced of that.

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Re:Mastodon is big in Japan, and the reason why is uncomfort... by 0x8BADF00D on Saturday August 19, 2017 @05:39PM (#15055773)
> If it's not uncommon for ~14 year old women to earn spending money as sex workers, why wouldn't pictures of naked ~14 year old women be likewise common?

Japan has a culture of child idols too, who are typically pre-pubescent in age. What you're getting at is the distinction between prostitution and pornography is merely syntactic.

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