Are the Japanese perverted or do they have good morals?

Some think the Japanese are perverted. Others believe that the morality of the Japanese is quite high. Who is right? Are the Japanese perverted or do they have good morals? Remember that we are talking about morality that involves indecency and sexuality.

In the West, the Japanese gained the reputation of being perverted because of anime, games, manga, and other elements with erotic content, not to mention the bizarre +18 things that Japan invents.

At the same time, the Japanese are known for their education, respect, and humility. Not to mention that research reports a great disinterest in sex and relationships among the Japanese. In this article, we will try to understand whether the Japanese are perverted or have good morals.

The Japanese have high morals

Japanese morality does not have a concept of right and wrong like in the West. Nothing can be right or wrong by itself. It always depends on the situation and how other people see it. The Japanese are not bound by religious laws that involve fornication and adultery and shameful conduct. Still, they have a good morality greater than that of many religious people.

While in the West, the lack of morality is fully expressed in music, movies, and everyday conversations. The Japanese avoid using slang and words with sexual connotations in public. Their music usually does not have lyrics involving sex and deals with different subjects beyond romance.

Many comment that the Japanese are extremely shy and polite. You won’t hear whistles or words like cutie, delicious, hot, etc. If someone shows the middle finger, they are probably speaking in Japanese sign language.

The culture and customs of society are responsible for creating a population with good moral values. In Japan, many young people are not very interested in these immoral things because they have clean minds.

In Japan, there are perverts and many, but only those who wish to be perverted. In Brazil, morality has declined, exposing everyone to indecent things through music and conversations. It is really difficult to maintain good morals in Brazil.

Perverted Japanese and without good morals

The Japanese culture is completely different and has different standards, some of which can be disturbing. Things like mixed baths, kancho, exposure to sensual images, and Japanese fetishes lead Westerners to believe that the Japanese are perverted.

Western stereotypes of Japan date back to the late 19th century when Japan opened up and there was a huge interest in Japanese art and culture. Throughout the century, the Japanese became famous for inventing things.

Thus, they try to reach different people with strange proposals like high school menstrual perfumes, female bars to talk about masturbation, or campaigns to grope breasts.

Since there is no standard of morality in Japan, some Japanese do not feel ashamed to randomly approach a girl and make some proposals… I think we don’t even need to comment on certain anime and other indecent works.

Did I personally find the Japanese perverted?

When you are in the presence of and surrounded by Japanese people, you will hardly think about sex, since you won’t hear slang or music with that content. The fact that the Japanese maintain good morals in public does not mean that you are free.

Walking the streets of Akihabara and Nipponbashi, you find schoolgirls handing out flyers to possibly go to massage houses to waste your money. In more innocent cases, you find girls dressed as maids or inviting you to waste money on gambling catcher machines.

Japanese girls shorten their skirts without any problem. On the train, two schoolgirls sat in front of me and literally opened their legs, showing their panties and giggling…

Just walk into any random store or newsstand and you will find huge sections labeled +18. Some stores don’t even care to put an indecent image on display at the door. Fortunately, there is censorship in Japan.

I personally found the environment in Japan wonderful for people who do not like perverted environments like in Brazil. In Japan, you have to seek out perverted things, while in Brazil, you are literally exposed to them even without wanting to.

In conclusion, are the Japanese perverted or not?

The idea that the Japanese are perverts and perverted comes from a kind of cognitive dissonance that Westerners face when encountering Japan for the first time. Westerners remember that Japan is not like any Western country but rather an Eastern one. Any strange habit they tend to view with greater sensitivity, leading to these hasty conclusions.

Japan is at the same time close to and far from being perverted. Japanese culture forces people to follow rules and be good. This makes some feel repressed, thus generating a strange form of expression from the West that is extremely seen in anime, manga, TV commercials, and other media.

As for sexual fetishes, Japan is one of the most sexually open cultures, simply because it has no standard of morality. Not only dealing with perverted things, Japan is very open to new ideas and creations that no one has ever tried.

It has now become fashionable to find perverted things related to Japan and share them in the media to gain visibility. Perverted attitudes, fetishes, and strange behaviors happen in any country.

Just as Indians are not labeled as perverts for having invented the Kama Sutra, why conclude that the Japanese are perverted? We are all perverted in a way, now it will depend on each one whether they let sexual desires go overboard and cause us to lose our morals.

I personally feel offended living in an environment where words with sexual connotations and songs that explicitly talk about sex are popular and common. I am totally sure to call Brazilians perverted (without generalizing, not all)…