Hi,
Before I start, just want to clear one major thing up. This thread is in no way an effort to shame or an attack on anyone! I am genuinely curious as to the moral justification surrounding sexualised depictions of children in anime, and to further, pornographic renditions of such figures in hentai and manga.
I personally am conflicted with this issue, and I try hold the view that sexualised material ie lolicon/shotacon in anime and manga— both pornographic and non-pornographic— is unethical and immoral. I'm conflicted as I have sometimes viewed this material and it has gripped my conscious for about 3-4 years. I frequently wish I was not like this, and that rather than feeling arousal I would feel disgust and I think that this has been damaging my esteem and self-conception— either way its unhealthy.
I'd like to better understand how people here are able to justify for themselves the sexual attraction to lolis/shotas. I find it difficult to personally accept an argument which is able to separate paedophilia away from lolicon/shotacon, because to be honest what I have seen, albeit animated and fictional, are ultimately sexual depictions of children.
I hope no one found this as an attack or me shaming, I am just hoping to see the perspective people on the forum have on this.
Cheers,
Before I start, just want to clear one major thing up. This thread is in no way an effort to shame or an attack on anyone! I am genuinely curious as to the moral justification surrounding sexualised depictions of children in anime, and to further, pornographic renditions of such figures in hentai and manga.
I personally am conflicted with this issue, and I try hold the view that sexualised material ie lolicon/shotacon in anime and manga— both pornographic and non-pornographic— is unethical and immoral. I'm conflicted as I have sometimes viewed this material and it has gripped my conscious for about 3-4 years. I frequently wish I was not like this, and that rather than feeling arousal I would feel disgust and I think that this has been damaging my esteem and self-conception— either way its unhealthy.
I'd like to better understand how people here are able to justify for themselves the sexual attraction to lolis/shotas. I find it difficult to personally accept an argument which is able to separate paedophilia away from lolicon/shotacon, because to be honest what I have seen, albeit animated and fictional, are ultimately sexual depictions of children.
I hope no one found this as an attack or me shaming, I am just hoping to see the perspective people on the forum have on this.
Cheers,