in article 1108675003.401172.75020@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com, John W. at
worthj1970@yahoo.com wrote on 2/18/05 6:16 AM:

> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>> 
>> Much of any modern Japanese entertainment puts an emphasis on young
>> women/students/girls as sex objects, and not only Japanese entertainment. One
>> reason you do not see it to such an extent in American animation (or comics)
>> is because animation is geared to younger audiences. Segments of Japanese
>> anime are geared to adults and mature themes, and the audience appears to be
>> mostly male. You will see, however, many examples of young women or girls of
>> sex objects in American live action movies, magazines or online pay sites
>> such as those with a girl's first name and age plus dot com. This month I
>> read the claim that 60%? of child porn online originates in the US. A far cry
>> from the time maybe 80% was claimed to originate in Japan.
> 
> I certainly agree it's a problem here. Lately it seems to be getting
> worse, and I can't help but wonder if the anime influence isn't part of
> that. But Japan is still home to wonderful shows such as Sailor Moon
> that depicts a young girl as a heroic figure wearing an impossibly
> short skirt. Have you seen any reports on crimes against children per
> capita in Japan and other countries?

More disturbing that the fact that so much of the emphasis in anime is on
women as sex objects is the fact that much of anime involves nonconsensual
sex.