Porn Material “from Japanese people’s point of view” Oktaviano, Haryo Satriya Making Web Pages

Background Porn material whether acceptable or not, is existing around us. According to my own experiences in Indonesia, legally all kinds of porn materials are prohibited, but I am a little shocked whenever I saw the reality in Japan, totally different. Here I can see, that kinds of porn materials are lots, and sometimes displayed in public areas. Based on that thinking, I want to know about “what is actually Japanese people think about porn materials” From this little research, I hope we can understand one different aspect that lies in Japanese daily lives

Method Make question Starting interview with Japanese people Data treatment Presentation Total of respondent : 28 Age between male: 12 female:16

Main Discussion 1.What is the definition of porn materials (movies, comics, weekly magazines, video, etc)? Porn materials are any kinds of materials which contain: a. Image (picture or video captures) of people using minimize wearing (for example swimsuit) b. Nude people image c. image of having sex people d. other (for this question they can choose more than one answers)

Main Discussion

2.Have you ever consumed porn materials (as has been described) a. Yes b. Never Result

Main Discussion If in question number 2, they answer yes, then there is one question again, What is the reason for consuming those kind of materials? a. Relaxation b. Refreshing c. Pleasure d. Other Result:

Main Discussion 3.By consuming the porn materials, do you think people can personally feel promoted to try the same? a. Yes b. No Result

Main Discussion 4.Do you think consuming porn materials is bad habits? a. Yes b. No Result

Main Discussion If in question number 4, they answer yes, then there is one question again, What is the reason for consuming those kind of materials? a. Religion b. Culture c. Social life d. Other Result:

Main Discussion 5.Do you think porn materials are freely and easily can be got in Japan? a. Yes b. No Result

Main Discussion 6.Where are the places you can often see these materials displayed? a. Convenience stores b. Comic stores c. Video stores d. other (for this question they can choose more than one answers)

Main Discussion 7.Do you think Japan should provide specialized shops for selling porn materials? a. Yes b. No Result

Main Discussion For the last question, I have asked them to write the reason whether they choose Yes or No answer. Some Reasons for Yes answer: Most of people answer based on considering of the children. They said porn material are giving bad influence for children. So it will be better if there are specialized shop so children don’t have any access to porn materials. But there is another opinion too, which is by providing special shop, adult can be more comfortable for consuming porn material. Because the present situation, sometimes he/she feels shame for consuming porn material.

Main Discussion Some Reasons for No answer: It doesn’t need to provide specialized shop, because the present condition is good enough. If there is specialized shop, it will be hard to get porn material, because it feel strange. Beside reasons like above, there is another reasons from different view, like: Now, pornography has many different “shape” and very big quantities, so if the goal for providing specialized shop only to limitation, he/she thinks it won’t work. The best thing is by giving the proper way of sex education to the young generations so they can avoid from “bad understanding” of porn materials.

Conclusion From this little research, I can say from Japanese male and female people, there are some different perspectives about porn materials. Porn materials for almost of Japanese people are being accepted as some part of their daily lives. Japanese people realize that they can get that kinds of material freely and easily. But for idea in providing specialized shop again we get different result for female and male people. From the last reason that they write for answering the last question, we can see that there is awareness about the bad impact of porn materials for children, and also there is some great comment about the idea “for limiting access to get that materials.”