Hehehehe...

[Ashval]

DISCLAIMER: If your work disapproves of girls in bikinis and giggling, then this is Not Safe For Work...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?eurl=&v=ikJjvZqGaMI



*speechless*

[Tarryk]

O.O

The sidebar links to similar videos, too. Such as butt wrestling, boob pedometer, and other such excitement. Yooooosh! Hennnttaaaaii-desu!

I had to close it out immediately, need to prep for show tonight.

[Ashval]

I just had to show this to Kira...

[Lia]

Wow.

[ivanelme]

Here is more proof of how insane the Japanese are.

[Vallikat]

I could only watch a very little bit of that one, Ivan before I could feel my brain cells dying.

I did watch the one you posted though, Veld and some of those mentioned by Tarryk.

I started to wonder if constantly watching young girls in bikinis acting in a psuedo sexual manner would ultimately desensitize a person to such things. I mean I'm sure if you were in a room full of scantily clad women day in and day out, giggling and making sex-laced comments you would ultimately lose inter... oh... nevermind.

[Tarryk]

I started to wonder if constantly watching young girls in bikinis acting in a psuedo sexual manner would ultimately desensitize a person to such things.

That's actually more than just a viable point, it's absolutely true, at least on a cultural scale. Japan has always been a very feminine/sexual oriented society, and with the advent of the television and digital entertainment institutions, it's become a staple of the entire country. The result of which is such a balance of addiction and desensitization that it's simply an accepted part of the culture now.

It's actually pretty fascinating, considering that it's not really a "good" or "bad" thing, any more than the US's own MPAA's desensitisation to violence and oversensitivity to sexual themes.

Anything that barrages the senses with particular forms of "extreme" entertainment, such as sex, violence, or even just bad language, evolves itself culturally to be an engrained truth of that society.

Japan simply "has" sexual themes, and while some of them look down upon it, it's just a part of living there and isn't really regarded as a malignant cultural influence.

On equal ground, America thrives on our love for violence and opposition to sexual themes, while still desensitizing ourselves to both due to global interaction.

But in the end, it's just boobs & butts. Label me desensitized, but I still like to look at 'em.

[Fishi3]

The show has a definate running theme. Each girl is introduced by having the camera zoom in on her crotch and scan upwards slowly to her face as it rises it zooms out so that the focus is on the sexuality and the person or face of the girl is just part of the whole package. As such it pushes the notion that these girls are defined by their gender. While I can't understand whats being said I assume it's inane chatter for the most part which also doesn't help to define these girls as intelligent human beings. If a show could be planned and implimented that pushed the Japanese stereotype of womens role in society better than this does I don't know what it could be. The fact that the show is hosted by a young woman in a respectable womens suit is likely meant to convey that this is acceptable for respectable people. I noticed in one shot that there is a cage between the audiance and the stage. They may of had troubles with some of the audiance getting over excited in the past. Or some ashamed parent storming the stage.

But then Japanese TV gives men a equal chance to look like idiots. Most Japanese game shows make the contestants look like idiots. Have no prizes except being on TV and thus famous for 5 minutes and are invariably something that Western society would find ludicrous.

[Tarryk]

Agreed with most of the things you say, Fishi, the show's not exactly a good example of "quality television", but then again the television in Japan is notably used for more "exploitative" programming than it is in America. Ironically enough. Just try not to weigh the fact that our television is different from theirs as a rational point of judgement against any particular show. Every country in the world has shows that exploit various stereotypes, Japan just has a strong hold on the sexual side of that equation, and it's certainly not only against women. Watch any standard programming in Japan, and more often than not you will see two default sexual stereotypes placed in every theme:

1. A beautiful woman is often placed in a position where her beauty is made blatantly apparent - showing of skin, promiscuity, etc.

2. Nearly every single man is portrayed as a lusting dog who will gladly make an idiot out of himself at any time, and doesn't even need a reason.

The fact that the show is hosted by a young woman in a respectable womens suit is likely meant to convey that this is acceptable for respectable people.

That's a mistaken assumption, though. Who's to say that it isn't an acceptable position for respectable people? In our culture, perhaps. Not in theirs. On the cultural level, the Japanese don't often see sexual gratuity as such a comprimising factor that we do. On average, even the most gratituous perspective on a visual shot of a woman's crotch (in your example) isn't intended to -- or even seen as -- a belittlement on the woman herself. It's simply a laughable marketing technique aimed towards a people who are perfectly capable of admitting the fact that men drool over women.

If you ask me, which you haven't, I'd say that approach to human sexuality is a hell of a lot healthier than the american standard of constant sexual bombardment compiled with our endless guilt over the inescapable reactions we have to it.

[Fishi3]

For the most part I agree that in comparing the two culture approaches to sexuality the Japanese may actualy have the healthier notion. There are problems in both cultures and in both cases they tend to manifest when people try to rise above the stereotype.

I'm aware of the portrayal of men as eiter sex crazed or as so painfully shy they look away from even the most innocent of female exposures.

In the Japanese model I think it tends to break down though with something that Western leaders are only now trying to impliment which is to limit the availability of female birth control options. The Pill is illegal in Japan and while the official reason is cited as being that it's side effects pose a health risk the generally accepted truth is that the pill takes the option and control of female fertility out of mens hans. Nearly every other type of birth control requires the mans consent or knowlege before or during it's use. With the pill the woman can take it and without ever consulting the man.

In the west we are seeing a wave of reaxtionart fundimentalism in government that are trying to recind some of the freedoms gained in the civil rights movement. Particularly those as pertain to gender. It is in fact the perfect time to do this as the womens issues groups are preoccupied with infighting. But thats a whole other discussion.

I'm not a believer in the western model any more than I am of the Eastern model. I strongly believe that we are all human and have the fundemental right to equality in the work force, In society and most certainly over the use of our own bodies.

But then nuff said.

[Tarryk]

Really good points, food for thought both ways, I stand edumacated.

[Jugsmalone]

Well I personally feel that if more people were open and honest with there sexual preferences and wants to there partners that there would be less Cheating in relationships. I also think sex should not be so hush hush it should be able to be discussed as easily as what you want on your dinner plate. If parents were honest and up front with there kids about sex there would be a lot less unwanted teen pregnancies. That's just my opinion,

[Dynamiks]

I dont know what to say... Benny Hill and Kenny Everett's "naughty bits" without any actual comedy?.. just TnA....

Nothing new to see.. just a lot more of it *yawn*