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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
Yes, I did read articles. No, I'm not going to spend time looking up those articles for you. Google is actually pretty easy if you try looking them up yourself.
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I said I wanted to read the articles
you had read.
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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
The oppression of sexuality is a global event, not just a Western thing. Don't ask, don't tell is found in the West too. It's a code of conduct in the military. It takes away a basic right for men and women in the military. It takes away a basic right for men and women all over the world where ignoring their sexuality is a way of life. Japan isn't excluded from that. Even if you apply don't ask, don't tell to every single detail of a culture, it doesn't mean it's not oppressive in anyway.
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In a country as small and sometimes tightly packed in Japan, privacy is treated differently than it is in the west. Home bathing is a relatively new concept, and it was common for everyone to know what everyone in the neighborhood looked like naked because they all bathed together. This is still very common to this day, and hot springs are destination spots for tourists.
What it means is you don't go around and whisper about so-and-so's body behind her back because you are just as susceptible to the same scrutiny. I don't talk about your business if you don't talk about mine.
If sexual oppression is a global phenomenon, then Japan is probably as much a part of it as anywhere else. But that isn't the question that was raised, and I am not interested in a political discussion when we are already dancing on the edge of the rules.
There are many popular performers who are gay, lesbian and transgender, but like I stated above, no one famous talks about their private lives, gay or not. Society has created these lines for everyone, not just gays.