Lolita Complex, Lolicon Options

[BishoujoHunter]

Loli-con, or Rorikon (ロリコン) is the Japanese (or Engrish


Engrish is a slang term which refers to an English language phrase that arose through poor translation from another language (usually Japanese), or sometimes, poor translation of English into another language followed by good translation back into English. It is usually considered by English-speakers as a humorous misuse of English. Engrish also refers to the deliberately careless or mistaken use of English words in advertising, for example, as "exotic" embellishment.
..... Click the link for more information. ) term for "Lolita complex" (derived from the novel Lolita Lolita is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, first published in 1955. The novel is famous both for its innovative style and for its controversial subject. The novel's narrator and main character, Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged European emigré living in the United States, becomes sexually obsessed with a pubescent girl named Dolores Haze, whom he calls Lolita.


Plot
A scholar, Humbert leaves
..... Click the link for more information. ), the sexual attraction to fictional and real underage girls. It is used to refer to anime The term anime in English refers to Japanese animation. The word appears in written form in three katakana characters a, ni, me (アニメ). Japanese prounciation is /ɑnimɛ/ , but in the United States speakers typically pronounce the word as /ænɪmei/ and in England it is generally pronounced /ænɪmi/.

The English word transliterates a Japanese term. General etymological belief traces it in its turn to an abbreviation of the Japanese transliteration of the English word "animation" (shortened, as many foreign words appear in Japanese). Some anime fans claim the Japanese word comes from the French animé, ("animated"). Most Japanese do not believe this derivation.
..... Click the link for more information. , manga Manga (Kanji: 漫画, SAMPA: maNga) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. Mangaka (漫画家) is the corresponding Japanese word for a manga artist. Because most Japanese nouns have no plural form, manga can be used to refer to multiple comics, although mangas is used sometimes in English.
..... Click the link for more information. , and other visual forms of art that contain sexual/erotic representations of underage girls, and also to people who are sexually attracted to fictional and real underage girls (and who are not themselves underage). Actual photographs or videos of underage children in sexual situations can be considered loli-con, but is usually simply called child pornography Child pornography is pornography involving children.

Prohibitions related to child pornography, with motivation

Production
The production of child pornography may involve child sexual abuse. However the depiction can also just show natural sexual play among children or masturbation. In some jurisdictions depictions of posing children or nude children are considered child porn as well. The production of simulated child pornography (see below) does not involve real children. In some jurisdictions production is explicitly prohibited regardless whether there is a risk for children being harmed in the actual case.
..... Click the link for more information. ; loli-con is legal in Japan (so long as actual underage models are not used in the creation of the art), child pornography is not.
"Complex" is abbreviated as "con", rather than "com", because Japanese syllables can't end in an "m", but can end in a "n" (to oversimplify). Other foreign words with syllables ending in "m" are often transliterated in the same manner.

Generally speaking, loli-con involves girls older than 12 and younger than 16, which is mostly outside the clinical definition of pedophilia

pedophilia (American English) (greek pais boy, child, and philia friendship, ICD-10 F65.4) is the primary sexual attraction toward prepubescent children. Alternative spellings in British English are paedophilia or pædophilia. Pedosexuality is used as a synonym.


Definitions
The term "Paedophilia erotica" was coined in 1896 by the Vienna psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing in his writing
..... Click the link for more information. . Despite this, it is frequently accused of being similar to or a form of pedophilia, particularly by westerners. Those people who are "loli-con" are believed by some to have a tendency to act violently against children or to prefer sex with children to adults. However, despite Japan producing most loli-con media, violence against children and teens are well below that of those countries with explicit laws prohibiting similar publications. Some characters younger than 12, notably Sakura from Card Captor Sakura Card Captor Sakura (カードキャプターさくら), also known as Cardcaptor Sakura (without the space) and often abbreviated to CCS, is a manga series from the well-known all-women artist team CLAMP. It is also an anime show (1998-2000) created from the manga, consisting of 70 half-hour episodes in three series and two theatrical-release movies.
..... Click the link for more information. , are sometimes also considered to appeal to loli-con; this is more pronounced in fan-produced work about such characters, like doujinshi
Doujinshi (同人誌) are Japanese comic books (manga) drawn by fans rather than by professional artists (see fan fiction). The term is derived from doujin (同人) or a literary group, which was its original means of production, and shi (誌) which means magazine or distribution.

Some are considered fanwork, but many (CLAMP started with doujinshi) are just small-press manga. Usually they draw from popular manga or anime series but can include older titles or even the artists' original characters. Stories usually consist of a parody or just an original story using the characters from the particular anime in question.
..... Click the link for more information. , than in "mainstream" publications.

Loli-con is a frequent subject of scholarly articles on sexuality in Japan, and is often suggested to be popular for the same reasons that adult women in high-school uniforms are considered attractive, and enjo kosai Enjo kosai (援助交際), or "dating for assistance," is an industry in Japan where high school-aged girls are paid by older men to accompany them on dates and, often, to render sexual services. Most older observers, especially overseas, regard it as a form of prostitution, although younger people often view it as a completely different enterprise.

The social network surrounding enjo kosai is complex. Most initial contacts are made over "telephone clubs," anonymous public chat lines that are often advertised by handbills and business cards in entertainment districts. Dates are then generally arranged by mobile phone or e-mail from mobile phone.
..... Click the link for more information.  is popular. Conversely, it is suggested that loli-con does not exist in the west because of traditional western views on the sexuality of minors. Despite stereotypes, however, neither culture has homogeneous views; there are many Japanese staunchly opposed to loli-con, and there are many westerners that would have no objection to it. Defenders of loli-con say that fictional material does not adversely affect children, and may in some cases help to relieve the sexual tension of actual pedophiles; opponents often say that the existence of fictional material encourages the viewing of children as sex objects.

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Lolita%20Complex

[Dachink]

yea we know u like that stuff BishoujoHunter (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/icon_wink.gif)

[waachaa]

can someone summarize that? letters are too damn small and its 5am in the morning lol

[Rocky Cuong V]

Honestly, i did not read one word of that article.
Man it hurts my eyes.
Yep! A summary is needed.

This post has been edited by Cuong: Aug 3 2004, 07:13 AM

[Hakka]

Basically it was talking about Pedophilia and the lolita complex or Lolicon and how it manifests in Japanese culture.

[BishoujoHunter]

Honestly, i did not read one word of that article.
Man it hurts my eyes.
Yep! A summary is needed.

Cuong,you can't read it because it's hurting your eyes?

mmm it's ok


lolita complex is bad cuz it exploit children

[Christian]

HAHAHAHHA i remember bishoujohunter's pic.
the manifestation and very essence of gay.

thanks for the article though.

[AgentBach]

Hmm, I don't have a Lolita complex but I do have a Louis.

[Azn_gamegal]

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