Interesting article!

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[Warning: Sexually explicit discussion of cultural customs in historical Japan found in the comments. Proceed at your own risk.]

Many thanks to icajoleu for forwarding this to me! :) I love that my friends keep an eye out for my crazy interests...this article is short but addresses a few different interesting ideas.

Harry Potter Loves MalfoyBy Jennifer

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Answer to 7) (Part 2)

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I also do think that there is quite a lot of touching going on behind the scenes. It's not uncommon for boys in puberty to experiment, even without questioning their own sexuality. I have heard stories from a friend whose japanese male friend went to a border school for boys - the things that were going on there, I couldn't believe it. So much for the conservative japanese...

I wonder how it is for the boys who really are homosexual, or bisexual (I can't help the feeling that Takki belongs to the latter category). It must be heaven and hell at the same time.

I can't help feeling a bit like JE prostitutes (at least with the groups that I'm seeing now) these boys. I know that sounds harsh, and yet, I am still a fan.

I'm with you on this. It's like prostitution, what with the fixed salary they get from Johnny-the-pimp, the semi-nude photo shoots, the "two hours of a sleep a night are enough" attitude. I shy away from thinking too much about it, to be honest.

I have to trust that their homes and families provide enough of a grounding and structure to minimize and bad effects of being in this "world." That's the adult woman in me talking - the fangirl doesn't care and just enjoys the show. :)

*laughs*
Ina and me were joking that even though Japan is supposed to be a 1,25 children per family country, lots of Johnny's (like Kame) have quite a lot of brothers - so it's easier to "sell one kid to JE". (Yeah, I know, this joke is brutal, sorry!)
I've wondered how mothers can sign their children up to JE. But this is while thinking that JE has remained unchanged for the last twenty years, which is simply not true. During the "golden days of the Juniors", when Tackey and Tsubasa still hadn't debuted, the future as a Junior must have held lots of tempting promises.

Ok, that's all I can manage to get out right now. I hope it's not too incoherent. I'm afraid I wandered around a bit and maybe got off point, so forgive me for any weirdness. :D

It wasn't incoherent at all! It's a very interesting discussion, and I'm really interested in your opinions. :) And don't worry about typos, I probably won't notice them anyway, since English is not my mother tongue. And I apologize for my own grammatical and spelling errors!