Artist not guilty of obscenity for using a kayak shaped like her own vagina.

[marylander1940]

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Megumi Igarashi paddles in her kayak modeled on her vagina in Tokyo's Tama river on Oct. 19, 2013. Eigo Shimojo / Handout via Reuters, file

 

A court in Tokyo dismissed prosecutors' charge that Megumi Igarashi, who works under the name "Rokudenashiko" — or "good-for-nothing girl" — had displayed obscene objects. It ruled her figurines decorated with fake fur and glitter could be considered "pop art."

 

However, the judges said the data, from a scan of her own vagina, could be used with a three-dimensional printer to create a realistic shape that could sexually arouse viewers.

 

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/megumi-igarashi-aka-rokudenashiko-not-guilty-obscenity-n570411

[+ quoththeraven]

OMG, can we get our terms right, world? That's a scan of her vulva (exterior genitals, which includes labia and external clitoris), not her vagina (interior genitals).

 

Pity us poor wimmen. Most of us can't see our genitals without the aid of a mirror and we have no fucking clue what to call them. Everyone knows what balls and cock mean. No one knows what territory "cunt" or "pussy" cover. All genitals? Exterior only? Interior only?

 

No wonder some women give up on sex altogether...

 

(P.S. - You may call me Fujoshi, which means "rotten girl.")

[+ FreshFluff]

Sexually arouse viewers? I would have had no idea that it was anything more than an unusual looking kayak.

[marylander1940]

Sexually arouse viewers? I would have had no idea that it was anything more than an unusual looking kayak.

 

We're talking about an Asian country... sometimes the idea of sex is better for them than the sex itself, similar to Victorian era.

 

 

[+ quoththeraven]

We're talking about an Asian country... sometimes the idea of sex is better for them than the sex itself, similar to Victorian era.

 

 

 

No, no, no, you have it all wrong. Japan is the country of ecchi, hentai, yaoi, guro, bara, and tentacle porn. I could go on and on. Other than censoring any direct depiction of women's genitals or the ridge between the head and shaft on a cock, it is wide open to all sorts of porny manga (Japanese for comics/graphic novels, literally means "irresponsible pictures).

 

Gender equity isn't very advanced (though it may be ahead of South Korea in that regard), but Japan isn't prudish.

[marylander1940]

No, no, no, you have it all wrong. Japan is the country of ecchi, hentai, yaoi, guro, bara, and tentacle porn. I could go on and on. Other than censoring any direct depiction of women's genitals or the ridge between the head and shaft on a cock, it is wide open to all sorts of porny manga (Japanese for comics/grqphic novels, literally means "irresponsible pictures).

 

Gender equity isn't very advanced (though it may be ahead of South Korea in that regard), but Japan isn't prudish.

 

You're the expert on Japanese culture, I respectfully take back my words.

[+ quoththeraven]

You're the expert on Japanese culture, I respectfully take back my words.

 

My daughter has me well-trained. (Altough I'm the one who introduced her to Japanese films.) Though she's more interested in Korean pop culture than Japanese pop culture these days, but really, who isn't?

 

*watches Jay Park's video for "Sex Trip" for fifth time*

*listens to Taeyang sing "Love You to Death" and "Let Go" from his most recent album*

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