Two rather similar stories come to my attention via Itainews, one alleging that Japanese youth are suffering from a decline in literacy and historical knowledge, and another asserting the Japan’s sex trade is facing dire straits because young men no longer have the sex drive they once had (presumably they are pursuing alternatives rather than abstinence, although the article doesn’t address this for reasons which will become obvious).
The claim of a decline in literacy and historical knowledge comes from film subtitlers complaining that their job is becoming harder due to young people not being able to read more obscure kanji, or read quickly, and that they can no longer assume their audience is aware of what terms like “Nazi” and “USSR” refer to; a familiar sort of claim in the world over.
The claim of reduced sex drive in young men is based on statistics showing an increase in “sexless” men (and of course the reduction in birth rate), and is provided by the JFPA (an organisation of clinics, in other words). Additionally, some interviews with writers in the sex industry also provide anecdotal evidence of young patrons not using brothels.
These stories are entertaining and attention grabbing (certainly their intent given the sources), but if I were to offer my own opinion, I would have to say they are nothing more than column inch shifting mass media fluff – you are probably familiar with the genre of “our youth is in decline” newspaper articles from your own local media, which usually assert some catastrophe is impending due to the decline in whatever, and I put it to you that millenarianism has always had its converts. As to the decline in lust, I think you need look no further than the people interviewed – it is hardly surprising that those who depend on clinics and brothels would be interested in asserting there is a problem – they have their sales to think of.
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Brothels and prostitutes ARE great. But several critical issues cause them not to use the services :
1) brothel staff’s poor attitudes, non-professional counter staff or receptionists
2) troubleshooter’s and bouncers alpha male presence cramps the customer’s style and libido, keep them out of sight and out of mind PLEASE
3) lack of liability on the part of the establishment for possibility of being secretly filmed or other B.S.
4) lack of home-delivery service
5) lack of bulletproof legal safeguards for customer and prostitute
6) sense of strings attached no matter how subtle
7) men are no fools to ENRICH Prostitutes and their pimps or madams. Costs for hourly service should NEVER be more than 2 times minimum wage for a blue collar workers’ hour of work. No amount of costuming, neon, or glitz will blind the consumer to the cash strapped reality they have to return to after sex.
So pls think and apply. The costs and potential problems are not worth indulging the libido for. Establishments could also counter social stigma and generally hold ongoing PR campaigns for acceptance from mainstream society as well.
cygnetomega@ymail.com
Brothels should indeed be legalized and regulated around the world. Minimal standards on health and service should be set and enforced.
What do they expect when they deny the men lolis and shotas, where does the sex drive go but the tomb?
I don’t see how it’s a decline in IQ so much more as a decline in historical awareness as this article indicates. I mean…IQ isn’t based solely on historical knowledge, if it did, all elementary children would have the IQ of the mentally handicapped.
I’ve actually heard that people who have very high IQ’s also generally have very high sex drives, so there may be some truth to this. Perhaps low IQ=low sex drive after all.
Its actually average IQ = high sex drive. High and low was found to be less interested.
Natural selection at work…..btw do you have a source for that fact? Am interested…