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Comment by 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.

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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.

    • xupybd  4 years ago

      We had a similar practice here in Rugby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hopoate

      "During a 2001 game with the North Queensland Cowboys, Hopoate inserted fingers in three players' backsides and anuses. The first incident occurred during the seventh minute of play. The matter was referred to the rugby league judiciary on 28 March. Hopoate was suspended for 12 weeks for what one commissioner described as "disgusting, violent, offensive behaviour""

    • s1artibartfast  4 years ago

      You answered your own question.

      >And many normal cultural things in the US would be regarded as an egregious offense in Japan

      Many taboos are specific to culture. That's the point

    • pessimizer  4 years ago

      Do you have an example, or are you just saying this?

      edit: there's honestly never an excuse not to do an existence proof. All you have to do is cite one thing.

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