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[carleverson]

haha! and people say porn is harmless...

[Kepler]

[Weigookin74]

I'm not necessarily a big supporter or defender of porn. But, I recall getting some exposure to it as all kids do in our public school system, peer pressure, other teens, etc. Internet not as big when I was young, but most kids heard things or saw images. Still none of us gang raped girls as teenagers. Before 16 years of age, it was mostly talk of getting to "first base". Not full on sex, let alone rape. You did occasionally hear of it at a house party in high school. Sometimes, the guy got a girl drunk and you know. He either got away with it because the girl's parents wanted to hide the shame, got charged, or got the you know what beaten out of him be her family and friends.

That said, nowadays, I occassionally hear of bad things in the US. But it seems to be mostly confined to low socio-economic areas?? Any Americans able to chime in on this? Still most of the US and Canada seems tame compared to stuff going on here. As for Japan, what happens there?

So, I can't say it's exposure to porn that does this. Seems more like bad parenting. Teachers and parents wanting to not talk about it and sweep it under the rug. Saving face, maybe?

[fermentation]

[Weigookin74]

Guess this or the fantasy goes way back for them maybe. As someone said, it's a repressed society.

http://populargusts.blogspot.com/search?q=gang+rape

[Weigookin74]

Recent article in the Korean Herald:

http://www.koreaherald.com/opinion/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20111011000131

[JBomb]

I love threads like this. OH NO NOT IN MY COUNTRY!!! I guess I grew up in a place where a lot of this was little more common place. I can remember grade 9 girls being pregnant and the token girl in grade six who had indeed done it. Plus the wonderful world of child abuse and rape that also happened to friends of friends. It happens. It is not like we in the West have a stellar record when it comes to the treatment of women and girls or does Korea have a monopoly in underage daliances. Nevertheless, from a foreign friend of mine who had to deal with the unfortunate incident of being attacked by a man one night, Korea is terribly behind in its laws in comparison with Western countries when it comes to sexual rights. As much as Korea is steeped in Ajumma power socially, it is still very much a man's world when it comes to legal and sexual issues. Then the inevitable drifting towards BLAME THE PARENTS! In this I can almost sympathize in that it has been a point of contention and anger with some of my co-workers that children going to academies and being pushed to study and compete against one another academically all day has created children who lack empathy. One needs to only ask any 20 something Korean of the mental and emotional brutality that was inflicted upon them during the formative years in their lives. It is no wonder they act out in such a way. Not too mention the general disregard and outright neglect of anyone with a mental or physical disability. Yes, I saw Dongani, and yes it was depressing. I am just thankful that my school does not have those issues. Sure, it beats the kids, which is still not cool, but my students are quite a well put together lot for the most part. Lot easier to take.

[Who's Your Daddy?]