To Proposed by Ban for media represen Sexual Violence it is compelling and Japanese response Sane

In one of those hard moments where revive their faith in humanity, Kumiko Yamada of Japan Women's Institute of Contemporary Culture Media has stood up to defend the use of sexual violence in the media with a consistent set of form refreshing and healthy arguments.

In recent weeks, the United Nations has been taking steps to propose a ban on Japanese media representing sexual violence against women, the specific means in question being that of manga, anime and video games. Their argument is that these means are in violation of human rights, because sometimes focus on the abuse of women.

However, there are some obvious problems with this kind of cultural surveillance and seems to Yamada has intensified stridently explain why this approach to Japanese media is totally misguided.

Thanks to RyanoftheStars over at Reddit, we have a full translation of the statement of Yamada. The two main points he makes are very sensitive about the prohibition of this type of media, the first point is that, "The so-called sexual violence in manga and video games is one thing invented and as such does not endanger the rights of real people; therefore no sense in protecting the rights of women ".

While the second point states: ". In Japan, especially when it comes to the manga, they are creative fields that women themselves cultivated and worked hard for his own hand to create careers for themselves If we go to" prohibit the sale of manga including sexual violence, "it would do the opposite and instead of creating a new way of sexism towards women".

Given that call itself it seems to be a graphic designer, which is clearly coming at this from a professional point of view and creative. The institute is a research group and independent study voice formed by volunteer members.

This is one of the first times that Japanese women with a cultural participation in the field have made their voices heard in this debate. It will be interesting to see if their Western counterparts will listen.

Undoubtedly, the independence of this group can be questioned but the truth has to come from an authority figure before it is valid?

Yamada's statement is worth reading in full, while a strong argument in defense of the media must be free expressively done. As she is also a woman, his view is particularly noteworthy since the UN proposals are wrong to try to defend their rights effort.

While concludes sensibly, "There is nothing to gain from the regulation of sexual violence of fiction. However, while you are trying to fix the rights of fictional characters, who is leaving human rights real women in the real world rots. Moreover, in Japan, the only reason we have a kind of media, including manga that was developed to take on issues such as sexual exploitation of women stemmed from an attitude of tolerating " drink pure and dirty and without prejudice. "it's because I had the freedom to express our views and thus express the opinion of a world of human beings who live and die, there is pure and wonderful things and dirty and nasty things mixed with each other. "

"Manga is a field where women have put into their work and effort forward to cut roads and cultivate their own place. We believe that in order to protect this place from being trodden, need our continued work to pass to the next generation, and it is this effort that will unite the greatest freedom and the rights of women. "

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