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- 13 Aug 2003
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Hi there,
As just BDSM was mentioned in another posting, I remembered that I still got some questions on my mind on which I hope to get a serious reply.
So whats the non-commercial BDSM scene in japan like? Whats it thought of by people who are not into it? Whats it thought of by old and by young people? How well organized is it, and how big is it?
For example, in Germany, it's like this:
people who are not into it either don't know this topic at all or think it's perverted/ill, or they just don't mind it as long as it makes people happy.
The scene itself is rather big and well organized in Germany (as said, all non-commercial = just for fun/couples/etc.). There are organisations which care for young people interested in the subject (i think they accept members from 16 to 25 years) and support them with "do"'s and "don't"'s etc. in nearly everyone city from about 60.000 inhabitants and more there meet people weekly or monthly, in bigger cities are of course different organisations active. People sit there together and chitchat about life, work, fun, friends, etc. but about BDSM.
Some of those organisations are pretty helpful in many aspects, like organize jobs to work for people who search for a job and whatever. Of course, all those organisations are organising parties or barbecues on rivers/lakes and all that.
In public, they are not really present. this has lots of reasons. one is of course that the public is not interested in it. On tv, the subject is distorted to ensure people's prejudices and attract more people to watch it, so that has not much to do with reality. At times interviews to non-BDSM magazines and stuff are given, but that's rather rarely the case. Then some parades are about minorities or just fun, and those organisations often take part. And then there are of course workshops and everything like that.
And as said, the scene is huge in Germany. It has some places where it is more active than in other places, depending, of course on the area, how old-fashioned or tolerant that region is.
It's not that open you can see as an example on university students whether they're into it or not, but as an example, if you see some wearing a neckband or certain symbols, it's pretty obvious.
In general, I would say that, as said, the German scene is rather big and friendly. There are especially many married couples who use the BDSM-thingy to shift the "power" inside the relationship a bit, so everyone is happy.
So, this topic should not be about "what do you think about BDSM" or "is BDSM art or perversion" or anything like that. It's not about commercial stuff either (as mentioned).
I would like to know the differences between the Japanese scene are to the german one. Somehow it's hard to find anything on that topic on the internet since everything is somehow commercial, and that's really nothing that I'm interested in.
As just BDSM was mentioned in another posting, I remembered that I still got some questions on my mind on which I hope to get a serious reply.
So whats the non-commercial BDSM scene in japan like? Whats it thought of by people who are not into it? Whats it thought of by old and by young people? How well organized is it, and how big is it?
For example, in Germany, it's like this:
people who are not into it either don't know this topic at all or think it's perverted/ill, or they just don't mind it as long as it makes people happy.
The scene itself is rather big and well organized in Germany (as said, all non-commercial = just for fun/couples/etc.). There are organisations which care for young people interested in the subject (i think they accept members from 16 to 25 years) and support them with "do"'s and "don't"'s etc. in nearly everyone city from about 60.000 inhabitants and more there meet people weekly or monthly, in bigger cities are of course different organisations active. People sit there together and chitchat about life, work, fun, friends, etc. but about BDSM.
Some of those organisations are pretty helpful in many aspects, like organize jobs to work for people who search for a job and whatever. Of course, all those organisations are organising parties or barbecues on rivers/lakes and all that.
In public, they are not really present. this has lots of reasons. one is of course that the public is not interested in it. On tv, the subject is distorted to ensure people's prejudices and attract more people to watch it, so that has not much to do with reality. At times interviews to non-BDSM magazines and stuff are given, but that's rather rarely the case. Then some parades are about minorities or just fun, and those organisations often take part. And then there are of course workshops and everything like that.
And as said, the scene is huge in Germany. It has some places where it is more active than in other places, depending, of course on the area, how old-fashioned or tolerant that region is.
It's not that open you can see as an example on university students whether they're into it or not, but as an example, if you see some wearing a neckband or certain symbols, it's pretty obvious.
In general, I would say that, as said, the German scene is rather big and friendly. There are especially many married couples who use the BDSM-thingy to shift the "power" inside the relationship a bit, so everyone is happy.
So, this topic should not be about "what do you think about BDSM" or "is BDSM art or perversion" or anything like that. It's not about commercial stuff either (as mentioned).
I would like to know the differences between the Japanese scene are to the german one. Somehow it's hard to find anything on that topic on the internet since everything is somehow commercial, and that's really nothing that I'm interested in.