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Jamie Arpan, Natalie Padilla

1 2 University of Oregon, Department of International Studies

Result 1 Introduction Conclusions Arguments to ban: Since there is little to no work Lolicon is the attraction to ❖ Leads to sexual abuse of children being done to prevent Lolicon’s prepubescent , ❖ May be harmful to children who read it ❖ Is explicit and is technically outlawed by Japanese law presence in Japanese society, it is particularly in and Arguments to not ban: very easy for minors to acquire . ❖ Censorship violates in cartoon ➢ Might lead to further restrictions of speech form, even in convenience stores. ❖ Less harmful proxy for abuse of children ❖ Explicit manga/anime can educate children about sexual Research Question Simultaneously, popularizing matters Lolicon is a message to girls that What is Lolicon’s effect Result 2 they are objects for consumer on Japanese society? ❖ Lolicon is very much a part of the mainstream consumption, and that their youth media in ...Why? (and innocence) is especially ➢ Mostly due to Japan’s fascination with youth as a desirable in a sexual setting. standard of beauty. Methods ➢ Connection to lack of sex ed Utilizing academic research, ❖ Japanese Law when it comes to child pornography: we will showcase how this ➢ Japan outlawed the production and distribution of problem is influencing and images of sexual abuse of children in 1999 ➢ Japan's police agency reported 1,644 offences in References normalizing the attraction to Just Looking: Tantalization, Lolicon, and Virtual Girls 2013 - more than in any year since the 1999 law by Shari Savage underage girls. We will Manga, Virtual Child Pornography, came into force and by Chris discuss the impact, local and Japan Times ➢ In June 2014, Japan banned possession BBC Mathews globally, on the acceptance of images of child sexual abuse - and societal effect of Lolicon, Acknowledgments people were year to comply as well as the steps taken to Matthias Vogel, combat its influence in Japan.

Elizabeth Chandler