Comments on: the lie of unbiased reporting, again: CNN and Japanese sex culture http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/04/the-lie-of-unbiased-reporting-again-cnn-and-japanese-sex-culture.html Journalist and author Violet Blue's site for sex and tech culture, accurate sex information, erotica and more. Tue, 26 May 2015 17:18:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dez http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/04/the-lie-of-unbiased-reporting-again-cnn-and-japanese-sex-culture.html/comment-page-1#comment-8282 Dez Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:17:25 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=4454#comment-8282 Women's rights activists are the ones trying to erase this Rapelay game off the face of the earth. They ignore the fact that maybe a few deviant women out there (sexually free, but not criminally insane) might enjoy playing it, maybe even more than men do. After all, (most) women don't have penises, but some women might fantasize about having one and using it freely. The irony is that in this case, women's rights activists are taking away from women's rights! Women’s rights activists are the ones trying to erase this Rapelay game off the face of the earth. They ignore the fact that maybe a few deviant women out there (sexually free, but not criminally insane) might enjoy playing it, maybe even more than men do. After all, (most) women don’t have penises, but some women might fantasize about having one and using it freely. The irony is that in this case, women’s rights activists are taking away from women’s rights!

]]> By: h4nd http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/04/the-lie-of-unbiased-reporting-again-cnn-and-japanese-sex-culture.html/comment-page-1#comment-8265 h4nd Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:17:55 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=4454#comment-8265 Re the myth of unbiased reporting: I see it in my own area of interest, which is the political situation in Palestine. If you go look at the eye-witness reports and raw statistics, you get a very different view than most media sources. I talked to a CNN reporter in while in Bethlehem, she said that by direction of home-base (US), local media _must_ refer to illegally colonized territory as "Jewish settlements" and/or the area as disputed. Fox, of course, is nuts. I haven't looked today, but repeatedly, 15 of the 15 Fox articles in the UN section were heavily biased, against. Fox viewers outnumber CNN viewers 4:1, and both sets think they know the truth about an issue, because they have free press! Re the myth of unbiased reporting:
I see it in my own area of interest, which is the political situation in Palestine. If you go look at the eye-witness reports and raw statistics, you get a very different view than most media sources. I talked to a CNN reporter in while in Bethlehem, she said that by direction of home-base (US), local media _must_ refer to illegally colonized territory as “Jewish settlements” and/or the area as disputed. Fox, of course, is nuts. I haven’t looked today, but repeatedly, 15 of the 15 Fox articles in the UN section were heavily biased, against. Fox viewers outnumber CNN viewers 4:1, and both sets think they know the truth about an issue, because they have free press!

]]> By: David http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/04/the-lie-of-unbiased-reporting-again-cnn-and-japanese-sex-culture.html/comment-page-1#comment-8264 David Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:52:20 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=4454#comment-8264 M, You've also got to recognize the studies that show safe outlets for behavior reduce unsocial behavior (think negative correlation between broadband access and rape incidents of rape). Furthermore, look at the rates of rape reported in Japan. Now, i'll be the first to admit that due to the community oriented Japanese culture, rapes tend to be under-reported. But at a reported rate of 1.78 per 100,000, versus the United States 32.05 (and Canada's 78.08), Japan could be reporting only 10% of their rapes, and STILL have half as many as the United States. So I don't think we're in any position to criticize. The one significant area in which Japan fails is in human trafficking; but again, we're in no position to talk. The human rights websites I've seen that compile data on hotspots for trafficked women always seem to have a big black spot on their maps where the U.S. should be. And yet, somehow I think that in places like San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Miami, we are Japan's equal in the slave-trading. While I have no solid data at hand to back it up, I somehow doubt there's very much of a connection between people who sit at home and play video games involving rape, and those who would utilize services of trafficked women for sex. M,

You’ve also got to recognize the studies that show safe outlets for behavior reduce unsocial behavior (think negative correlation between broadband access and rape incidents of rape).

Furthermore, look at the rates of rape reported in Japan. Now, i’ll be the first to admit that due to the community oriented Japanese culture, rapes tend to be under-reported. But at a reported rate of 1.78 per 100,000, versus the United States 32.05 (and Canada’s 78.08), Japan could be reporting only 10% of their rapes, and STILL have half as many as the United States. So I don’t think we’re in any position to criticize.

The one significant area in which Japan fails is in human trafficking; but again, we’re in no position to talk. The human rights websites I’ve seen that compile data on hotspots for trafficked women always seem to have a big black spot on their maps where the U.S. should be. And yet, somehow I think that in places like San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Miami, we are Japan’s equal in the slave-trading. While I have no solid data at hand to back it up, I somehow doubt there’s very much of a connection between people who sit at home and play video games involving rape, and those who would utilize services of trafficked women for sex.

]]> By: MichaelK42 http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/04/the-lie-of-unbiased-reporting-again-cnn-and-japanese-sex-culture.html/comment-page-1#comment-8263 MichaelK42 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:44:44 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=4454#comment-8263 (Sxipper, where did you lose my k?) @m In any case, this is about CNN's sloppy, sensationalist reporting, not a debate over questionable links between video games and real-world violence. (Sxipper, where did you lose my k?)

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In any case, this is about CNN’s sloppy, sensationalist reporting, not a debate over questionable links between video games and real-world violence.

]]> By: Michael42 http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/04/the-lie-of-unbiased-reporting-again-cnn-and-japanese-sex-culture.html/comment-page-1#comment-8262 Michael42 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:15:08 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=4454#comment-8262 @m "It has already been proven that video games desensitize people to the violence depicted" [citation needed] @m

“It has already been proven that video games desensitize people to the violence depicted” [citation needed]

]]> By: m http://www.tinynibbles.com/blogarchives/2010/04/the-lie-of-unbiased-reporting-again-cnn-and-japanese-sex-culture.html/comment-page-1#comment-8260 m Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:49:24 +0000 http://www.tinynibbles.com/?p=4454#comment-8260 Im sorry, but to assume "rational adults" aren't affected by this game in how they view the subject of rape is the height of ignorance. Art or any kind of representation influences how people think, you cant just assume because it isnt "real," it's ok and wont affect people. It has already been proven that video games desensitize people to the violence depicted; it doesnt take a genius to realize how troublesome this is to depict rape as a game. And as far a Japan being safe, while I agree that America has extremely high rates of sexual violence and that should be acknowledge, Japan also has a huge problem with sexual harassment and violence, but it is largely kept silent. Im sorry, but to assume “rational adults” aren’t affected by this game in how they view the subject of rape is the height of ignorance. Art or any kind of representation influences how people think, you cant just assume because it isnt “real,” it’s ok and wont affect people. It has already been proven that video games desensitize people to the violence depicted; it doesnt take a genius to realize how troublesome this is to depict rape as a game. And as far a Japan being safe, while I agree that America has extremely high rates of sexual violence and that should be acknowledge, Japan also has a huge problem with sexual harassment and violence, but it is largely kept silent.

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