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Why Japanese women are so excited to strip down photo

You've seen it.

I've seen it.

All of that is the interwebs has seen it.

Yes, I'm speaking of naked Japanese girls. But why? Why is a country full of people who love the idea of modesty producing over 10,000 adult videos a year filled with women so eager to get naked? In fact, with such contradiction, why do these women even choose to strip down at all? In the past, psychologist Takashi Tomita says that most women posed nude for money, but now it's all about the ego. And why not? If you're a young, hot, twenty-something, why not strut your stuff?

Posing nude in photographs, adult videos, or even stripping has become a liberating experience for many women, with one young woman remarking "I just happen to think my body is extraordinarily beautiful. I love it when men praise my nude body." Another woman explains "I wanted some beautiful nudes of myself while I'm still young." I can't really argue with them. I say if it's empowering, go for it. However, I do question the line between "empowering self expression" and full-blown porn.  

A nice self esteem boost isn't the only reason for posing nude though. One 40-year-old woman used it as a means for revenge against her cheating husband. Seems like a good plan to me, even if a little risqué. So what do you think? Is posing naked empowering for the women of Japan, or simply degrading because of how it's viewed? Does context matter? Is a tasteful nude photo better than being in an "adult video," or is it all the same? 



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I think it depends on the context, just simple nudity is NOT pornography, not unless you have a very conservative view of sex
Hm? Japanese women are (very) willing to strip you say? hm. Isn't that enough reason for hikkimori's to go outside? LOL!!

..(silence).
eh, fuck you.

I find this surprising because I always that Japanese women were shy.

(All girls in header are more than welcome to strip.)
all i can say is, I don't mind at all.

things are not always black and white.
Most likely a very small population feels that sexually liberated to be comfortable stripping, while some sensationalist psychiatrist decided to do a 'study' unrepresentative of the entire population, put in some numbers and decide to correlate everything.

I DON'T BUY IT.
I remember seeing that famous porn where 250 Japanese women participate in having sex with 250 men.

so i think that yes, Japanese women don't mind stripping down.

And to Mari Hikiko, you must remember the theory that the more shier the woman, the more wilder she might be.
Japanese people are so schizophrenic about their sexuality. Making out in public is frowned upon but having porn out in public is fine. Plenty of girls would be liberated to strip but instead just wear short skirts and act shy about it.

Bah, maybe I'm just bitter about not being able to speak enough Japanese to have any verbal game. Come hither looks and dance moves work well enough but it would be nice to not have to rely so heavily on girls coming over to me first in clubs. That and for some reason girls always seem to club with their boyfriends.
Easy: society en general praises the female body. People get the ingrained idea that having a beautiful body and showing it off will give you social acceptance and people's compliments, all helping as a boost to self-steem and fitting in. Result? lots of women get naked, and that's not restricted to Japan, just get into Myspace or Facebook with people posing and crap. It's everywhere.
every single woman about whom i wrote in my book, black passenger yellow cabs, was more than willing to take pix and videos.
THERE ARE JUST SOME THINGS A MAN HAS TO SEE.
Didn't Colette post an article a while back about how the more populated an area with women the more "open" they are about their appearance? It was a ranked study and I think Japan was pretty up there, so cultural and public taboos aside I think that may be part the case if looked at it that way.
That, or the Yakuza. I've always thought the Yakuza produced a large portion of this stuff for some reason.
It's a win-win situation, they feel enpowered and we get to see them naked. So, what's the problem? =D

But seriously, I like women who give themselves the proper self-respect. Privacy is a part of that self-respect, so no, I couldn't get along with a girl who exposes her nude body to everyone to see. Be it naked pics or full blown porn.

So yeah, maybe I'm just a jealous f@#$, but that's what I think.
Heh, I have some experience with this (^_^) having been involved with JAV since 1996 through J-List. It's an interesting question, and I've (once) been to an AV studio where I saw a table overflowing with resumes (履歴書), a special kind used in the AV industry that shows their background and one nude photo. It was interesting -- why are there are bloody many girls who want to do this? I don't know the answer, but it probably has to do with

a) there's no other way for women to totally be the most powerful person in the room
b) the money is good, and there are Louis Vuitton bags to be bought
c) there's little/no stigma about it, who the fuck cares?
d) they know they are pretty, and Jesus, they are damn pretty
e) there is no "show a nipple, go to hell immediately" bullshit, and it's considered 健康的 (healthy) to be interested in nudity/sex

Today we posted a video by a girl named Hiromi Matsuura, who is an established singer with a serious career and several albums in itunes. So..why would she do AV? I don't know, but she's quite good at it, ahem, I mean I imagine she would be quite good at it. (Link is http://www.jlist.com/search/all/matsuura is you want to see, NSFW).

Her songs are actually good.
I think Peterinjapan has a point about it being a way for women to grab power but I also think that it has a lot to do with rebellion. Every person, no matter which culture they are in/from, rebels in their 'youth' from societal expectation. Perhaps this is a reaction to expected behaviour put upon Japanese girls/women?
Just a friendly reminder ;): I'd have to point out here how it's obviously an overgeneralization to say that because a tiny percentage of women appear naked in public/pictures/videos, that it, or the motivation to do it, is in any way indicitive of a population. Anywhere.


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