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1. I actually agree with the first point. 2. About the less comfortable subject... I think that, if there was literally no such thing like pedophilia, then there would be no reason for anyone to even think about making art depicting children sexually... so I'd say that, while I can't be sure that actual pedophiles truly are the majority of lolicon fans/creators/consumers, I literally cannot not assume that they are some sizeable part of it. But I do not have issue with them reading that stuff, frankly. Sure, Western people might be in a position to see it as a problem, even wondering why and how Japanese people aren't literally burning shops selling lolicon content down, and lynching - or jailing in horrific conditions - people caught with it... but if it was really causing problems, I think Japanese people would've already noticed it and made regulations accordingly. Gravure idol bullshit needs to end tho. I'm not sure if delving into the nature of pedophilia is within the bounds and scope of this discussion though... Beautiful. Pointing out that Japanese culture is just more comfortable with depictions of sexuality in general, because of differences reaching even to religion, is also a good point. And now, indeed, we got a culture massively sexually liberated (at least compared to what was 70 years ago), although still with some remnants of old prudery, with easy digital access to almost anything, plus globalisation, meaning that Japan's point of view is more available than ever. For anyone wanting people to not be constantly thirsty fans of something... you have to isolate Japan XDDDD

I see, that is an entirely reasonable position to take. I agree that there's no definitive way to gauge what exactly goes on in people's heads, and I am glad you are able to approach this logically even if our opinions may differ a little bit. Well, doing some math, it would probably be the kids born somewhere between 2006-2008. Web 2.0 had existed since roughly 2004, but it wasn't until a later that the online services which parents would use to distract kids (such as video streaming) became widely used. Just give the sucker an iPad and you're good to go for several hours. And mind you, these guys were probably already in their middle developmental stages when they were given unmonitored internet access (I shudder to think what might become of the children today who are growing up with Youtube Kids, but that's an entirely different discussion). I believe one study concluded that in many western countries, the average first exposure to pornography for modern generations happened around the age of eleven, mostly on the internet. I'm no psychologist, but I also don't believe I need to be one to surmise that such a thing has the potential to warp someone's sexual development.