Comment by elif

4 years ago

in japan, children play a game called Kancho, where they put their index fingers together and try to insert it into the anus of their unsuspecting friend.

in america, you could destroy someone's life over that. (possibly even multiple lives)

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melony  4 years ago

My japanophile colleague called it the "Konoha One Thousand Years of Death", apparently it's from a ninja TV show.

therealdrag0  4 years ago

Similar in South Korea: https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/5476857/south-korean-game-do...

But what does this have to do with nudity or destroying lives? Seems totally off base.

  • elif  4 years ago

    My point was that the hypersensitive treatment of children's bodies seems to promote child hypersexualization at the cultural level.

    The OP of this thread's life was wrecked in such a way that suggests our cultural norms are unhealthy.

    It is therefore noteworthy to study extreme cultural practices which are HEAVILY legislated in the US (28% of 14-17 year olds report having been sexually victimized), almost always treated in a manner which results in trauma for both victim and actor, yet in a similarly advanced culture (with only 296 total child sex abuses reported last year), is literally a game you play and laugh about.

  • hn_throwaway_99  4 years ago

    The similarity is because it's an example of something other cultures see as normal, or at least harmless, but in the US it is seen as an egregious offense.

    Not hard for me to imagine a 7 year old American getting expelled and potentially prosecuted for trying to play a "Kancho" prank on a friend.

    • bitwize  4 years ago

      In America you can be prosecuted for being that weird kid who tries to kiss everybody. It can result in permanent sex-offender registration, and when they look at your record it won't say you were a weird kid who tried to kiss everybody. It will say something like "INDCNT ASSAULT VICTIM UNDER 12 YO". Try explaining that to employers.

    • fsckboy  4 years ago

      > The similarity is because it's an example of something other cultures see as normal

      no, the similarity (and why it was posted) is that both games consist of kids attempting to stick their fingers up somebody else's butt.

    • adventured  4 years ago

      And many normal cultural things in the US would be regarded as an egregious offense in Japan (which has a very rigid, conservative, homogenous culture).

      So what.

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