The Anime Pervert and the Danger of 'Normalization'

Commonality, ubiquity, and exposure hardly explain why things are as they are. In this video I explore the pervert character archetype (particularly as portrayed in shounen series, inherently marketed towards children), how they are responded to by the west, and what this means about how society and culture interact with artistic mediums.

This video was edited by Nunmanji, check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5lJUNLxtIFSmzjwyBfrRAQ

Sources:
Why Does Anime Portray Men as Perverts (the basis for the first part of the video): https://www.japanpowered.com/anime-articles/why-does-anime-portray-men-as-perverts

'Earth-chan, VR Chat, and Becoming the Bishoujo' and 'Lolicon: Where to We Drawn the Line Around Drawings?' (Insightful further reading and further help for my points): https://unnecessaryexclamationmark.com/2018/01/04/earth-chan-vrchat-and-becoming-the-bishoujo-more-reflections-on-moe/
https://unnecessaryexclamationmark.com/2018/03/27/lolicon-where-do-we-draw-the-line-around-drawings/

The Other Miyazaki (More on Miyazaki Tsutomu and the surrounding discussion on otaku, moé, and lolicon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2KK0U3gcaE

Sexual Assault of Men Played for Laughs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6QxD2_yQw

Maid in Japan (An in depth read on Maid Cafes): http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue25/galbraith.htm

Just Looking (A flawed Western perspective of Lolicon media, with a discussed note about Maid Cafes at the end): Just Looking https://www.academia.edu/30318025/Just_Looking_Tantalization_Lolicon_and_Virtual_Girls_SHARI_SAVAGE_an_annual_peer-reviewed_international_multimedia_journal

Definition of Cultural Imperialism: https://www.britannica.com/topic/cultural-imperialism

Crime rate comparison (automatically set to my country) And as a sidenote, yes Japan has unreported crimes and issues of its own but that invalidates nothing in the video: https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Japan/United-States/Crime

Study on the correlation between pornography and sex crime in Japan: https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=179581

Smoking in Movies Doesn’t Cause Teen Smoking: https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fppm0000212
New Study on Video Games and violence: https://www.pcgamer.com/another-study-finds-no-significant-links-between-violence-and-gaming

Cartoon by @tukasawa02 criticizing the UN: https://twitter.com/tukasawa02/status/1103989994220220417

Haiti Child Sex Ring Run by UN Peacekeepers: https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/04/12/un-peacekeepers-child-sex-ring-left-victims-but-no-arrests.html

UN Official Gropes Tourist: http://gothamist.com/2019/03/11/united_nations_official_arrested_fo.php

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