It has become an international mainstream, and the best movies have attracted much attentionA certain degree of sexual desire in men contributes to good health. In January 2022, Japan's mainstream **NHK publicly supported the sex industry in Japan and encouraged urban white-collar workers to seek solace in ***. NHK's remarks caused shock in Europe because Japan's largest state media would take the initiative to solicit business for the sex industry. Japan's industry generated $70 billion in revenue in 2021, accounting for 1% of the year's GDP. The boom in Japan's industry is closely related to its strong economic power. So, what is the origin of the Japanese industry?Why is the industry so developed in Japan?
Japan's industry is world-famous, and it stands out for its colorful *** and well-known custom shops. According to EU estimates, there are about 1 million people employed in the sex industry in Japan, and the value of the entire sex industry is close to $20 billion.
In Europe, all sexual activity is legal, and even social benefits are provided in Germany for those who work in the industry. The prosperity of Hamburg, Stuttgart and other places has earned Germany the title of "Europe's Great Brothel".
However, Ukraine has come from behind, and the former Soviet Union has now become the "womb of Europe". However, even if the industry in Europe is so developed, it cannot be compared to the tiny country of Japan.
Every year, Japan's sex industry generates more than $70 billion, or about 1% of GDP.
Japan's historical position in the industry is like that of Europe's "originator". It seems natural that Japan is making more profit in this field than its own apprentices.
In the primitive period, matriarchal society was dominant, and people "only knew the mother, but not the father", and the status of women was very high. However, with the increase in productivity, matrilineal society was gradually replaced by a patrilineal society, and the status of women also declined, and a social atmosphere of male superiority and inferiority of women prevailed in Japan.
Even if her husband frequently frequents the Fugetsu place, the wife who has no status can say much, let alone complain, and "patience" is the motto of Japanese women. In this oppressive social environment, more and more women have lost hope in the "family", and some women choose to follow their own wishes, devote themselves to brothels or various entertainment venues, and make a living as geisha.
The emergence of geisha did not promote the emancipation of women, but rather satisfied the selfish desires of Japanese men. Whether in a luxurious restaurant or a beautifully decorated tea house, Japanese men love to be in the company of geisha to set the mood, which not only satisfies their possessiveness but also makes them feel that their faces are glowing.
Originally, geisha were "showers but not showers", and they were good at playing, singing, dancing, and even knowing everything about politics and gossip in order to satisfy their customers.
However, in the Edo period, the nature of geisha changed. Known for their boldness and novelty, ukiyo-e works of the Edo period used painting techniques from the last years of the Ming Dynasty to exaggerate geisha with revealing births and delicate faces, which were widely used to satisfy the physical needs of the Japanese masses and fuel the rise of pornography.
Since then, with the introduction of photographic technology and the spread of Western ideas, a unique concept of "naturalism" has emerged in Japan, further promoting the development of the industry.
Although Japanese naturalism has its roots in European naturalism, it is not simply an imitation, but is deeply rooted in the local Japanese culture. It emphasizes human instinct and believes that sexuality is an integral part of human life.
More and more Japanese photographers dare to show **, desire, anti-moral scenes. According to naturalism, they are not created on a whim, but in this immediate, real environment, where the truth can be truly discovered.
According to Japanese photographer Takuno Aramura, photographers should learn to connect with their subjects and capture these interactions.
After the introduction of photography technology to Japan, Aramura's works **show **photos of his wife and the intimacy of the two**. He did not shy away from showing real life, sparking a wave of imitation of "naturalistic" photography among the Japanese people.
Muratase followed suit with the release of "I Sat There and Ran Through Everything", an album about the exploration of life and the flesh. The album begins with a female human figure, and gradually men appear, walking naked in the dark, and the number of people in the picture increases, and both men and women appear in groups, hugging and interpuling each other.
Since then, "art photography" has become a sought-after "new fashion" in Japan, and it has also become the first work of the world. As a result, the Japanese pornography industry has entered a period of rapid development.
However, the first period of the Japanese industry was after World War II, which was closely related to the loneliness of Japanese men and the rise of Japanese women. Let's take a look back at the development of the industry during this period.
In August 1945, Japan's Emperor Hirohito accepted the Potsdam Declaration and announced Japan's unconditional surrender, which plunged Japan into chaos. On the one hand, the war consumed all kinds of resources in Japan, and the economy, politics, and culture were at a low ebbOn the other hand, as a result of the conscious and purposeful propaganda work during the war, the ideas of militarism and ultra-nationalism spread throughout the country, especially the ideological influence of the younger generation, and they were consistently inculcated through the education system.
In order to change this situation, on October 2 of the same year, the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Japan GQ was established and took over Japan's national affairs.
In the GHQ building, pre-war Japan was heavily influenced by patriarchal ideology, and men enjoyed privileges, so the first priority after the war was to protect the basic rights and interests of women. To this end, GHQ has put forward five major reform directives to Japan, including "the emancipation of Japanese women through women's participation in political power".
In February of the following year, the draft constitution drafted by the GHQ Livelihood Bureau specifically included articles on the protection of women's rights and interests, such as "equality before the law regardless of gender" and "gender equality in marriage".
However, it is surprising that the improvement of the status of women in Japan has promoted the development of the sex industry. The early post-war period to the mid-60s of the 20th century was the middle of the two feminist movements in the West.
During this period, the emancipation of women's rights had reached a consensus in Western Europe, and a second wave of feminist movements began to brew on this basis.
In Asian countries, women's emancipation ideas and women's liberation movements lag behind those in Western countries. Therefore, under the guidance of the U.S.-led GHQ, Japan** put women's liberation into practice as an important political goal.
However, since pre-war Japanese society had always been absolutely malecentric, it was impossible to transform overnight as a result of a change in policy. Under the long-term constraints of the patriarchal system, it will take a certain amount of time to truly accept the female positioning from "good wife and good mother" to "equal rights for men and women", whether at the ** level or at the public level.
Although Japan** provided a large number of jobs and social benefits for women, and even demanded that men returning from the battlefield give up their due benefits, this practice caused disgust among Japanese men and shook their willingness to start a family.
The famous Japanese writer Yasunari Kawabata has repeatedly depicted men's misogyny towards women in his **, such as in "The Dancing Girl of Izu", the contemptuous attitude of the old woman of the teahouse and the innkeeper towards the dancing girls, and the two speeches of Chiyoko's grandmother, all directly show her deep misogyny.
In **, when Chiyoko's grandmother saw the artist eating hot pot, she invited the male protagonist to taste it, but then said: "Although it is unclean for a woman to put down chopsticks first, it can become a joke in the future."
This sentence is a direct expression of grandma's misogynistic thoughts.
In the 80s of the 20th century, there was a "misogyny" sentiment in Japan, and many men began to avoid marriage and instead sought *** to satisfy their desires, losing interest in marriage.
This has ushered in a period of development for films. At the same time, Japan's increasing industrialization and urbanization also created the conditions for the advent of the mass media era.
* Good at capturing the reader's mind, further promoting the development of the industry. In order to cater to the psychological needs of the people and conform to the development trend of the liberalization movement of sexual life, the content disseminated by various media is increasing day by day.
In the 19th century, the Japanese book market catered to the reading needs of women, and elegant and decent works were popular. Women follow the rules that distinguish between men and women, stay at home and raise children without having to run for a living.
They spend most of their leisure time reading books, so they are the main force in the book consumption market.
In 19th-century Japan, the female group became a huge consumer who was keen to read elegant literature for those"Vulgar or outspoken about sex"The work has an aversion and prefers sensuality, especially in relation to morality and family.
This trend has also affected the variety of books published. The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami once talked about this phenomenon, he believed that the first precept of literature is to keep silent, literature should belong to the study and the living room, so the rules of the living room must be observed.
Only those laymen can have anything to do with literature. However, after the end of World War II, the publishing industry began to focus on profit, sticking to the wisdom of best-selling quotes, even at the expense of the elegance of the work.
City dwellers began to move away from the traditional acquaintance society, and they needed to rely on external ** for information and entertainment. They learn about the stories of city life through **, satisfying their wide range of interests.
Japanese newspapers) reported that urban residents not only want to read newspapers to learn about information after work, but also want to be able to forget about the stress of life for a while. Therefore, newspapers usually publish some entertainment news that is close to people's livelihood, such as sweet romantic stories, limericks, woodblock prints, sports news and comics.
These contents are so popular with the public that they have even been dubbed "the first period of journalism". Japanese newspapers that have tasted the sweetness have even begun to highlight sex** as a way to attract viewers to buy them.
For example, the front page of a newspaper reads, "Wonderful men, beautiful jazz babes, champagne baths, midnight revelry, purple morning caressing balls for young men and women, all of which come to an abrupt end in a wonderful orgasm that makes you gasp."
And another newspaper assures "passionate kissers, passionate huggers, fiery kisses, cruel kisses, daughters crazy for pleasure, mothers crazy for passion......and bold, bare and thrilling truths".
These reports have aroused widespread attention and discussion in society.
In such a social atmosphere, the Japanese industry has risen rapidly, and ** movies have swept the entire island of Japan like a storm. Just when the Japanese pornography industry was gaining momentum, a financial storm quietly descended on Japan in the 80s of the 20th century - the market collapsed, thousands of banks collapsed, the real estate industry almost came to a standstill, many factories went bankrupt, the agricultural economy was hit hard, and thousands of people were lost.
The industry, like other businesses, was hit hard in the early days of the economic crisis. However, with the desire for escapism, the sex industry began to recover, which eventually led to the "blowout" development of the sex industry in Japan.
After the economic bubble burst and society fell into chaos, the sex industry exploded at this time. The Japanese people, instigated by sociologists, have supported the movement to "develop the sex industry".
Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaibe urged all filmmakers to stop filming by making a "blacklist", and called the filming of the film "non-Japanese activities".
Toshiki Umibe's move undoubtedly touched a sensitive nerve in the Japanese, recalling the book-burning practices of Germany's Nazi rulers during World War II, which restricted the minds of their citizens.
The Japanese people have said: "My love for pornography is a manifestation of personal taste, and I oppose interference from outsiders." Japanese writer Makoto Hasebe clearly pointed out in "The Rights of the People: The War Against Censorship": "The Japanese enjoy a wide range of freedoms.
If he has the option to dedicate to **, sex and melodrama, at least his choice is free. At the end of the 20th century, the argument for defending the "sexual rights" of adults resonated strongly with the Japanese public and even the Supreme Court.
In the face of the rising suspicions in society, Japan's cabinet argued that it "has no intention of censoring the national sex industry."
Human freedom is supposed to be subordinated to and guaranteed by good morals. In order to achieve true freedom, we need to actively uphold good morals. "Despite Japan's best defenses, it still can't eliminate the dissatisfaction of the Japanese people.
In their view, "* Different types of works have gradually become a matter of personal taste, a matter of personal choice and preference, and people or institutions outside society have no right to interfere.
By the end of the 20th century, the Japanese people's struggle had been won, and books teaching birth control and sexual techniques were unimpeded in societyAll kinds of ** movies even go to the world;In Japan, it is almost completely free to "buy and read books on sex education for adults and children".
By the beginning of the 21st century, the Japanese had completely shaken off the shackles of secular morality and openly expressed and practiced the idea of freedom of sexual behavior. They see challenging traditional sexual morality as a fashionable way of life.
In their opinion, sexual reserve is "outdated" and should be discarded. "Sex has become a topic that can be easily discussed. ”
In 2003, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said in an interview: "We can discuss sex freely, and we can show it to our heart's content in clothing, makeup, and leisure activities."
Sex is no longer seen as unspeakable and "original sin" as it was in the past. Even religious figures are gradually moving away from condemning sexual desires and advocating their satisfaction within marriage.
Since then, the pornography industry has rapidly developed into an important industry in Japan, and ** movies and actresses have become the symbol of Japan. Summary: Historically, Japanese society has undergone many major changes in the way of life, and society's perception of the "sex industry" has also changed.
As early as before World War II, there was already a germ of pornography in Japanese society, but it was relatively hidden, and most of them were "selling their art but not their bodies". However, after the end of World War II, with the improvement of the status of women in Japan and the acceleration of urbanization, the content of the urban entertainment environment began to prominence, so that pornography began to enter the public domain and be purchased and consumed by people.
The widespread spread of the mass media has further popularized this way of life. By the turn of the century, traditional notions of sexual morality had begun to decline, and the liberalization of the sex industry eventually evolved into an open movement for sexual liberation.
People from different social groups joined together in this sexual movement, challenging the traditional model of heterosexual marriage and actively supporting the idea of sexual freedom to achieve personal satisfaction.
Eventually, it led to the popularity of ** movies and dance halls. Now it seems that this "" shows no end in sight.