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How conservative the Japanese people really is? And the government?

15.06.2025 07:38

How conservative the Japanese people really is? And the government?

They don’t tease or beat up cross-dressed people on the road.

In the old era, gay relationships were very common and were even praised among the privileged social classes, such as Samurai and monks.

It’s very common for a girl/ woman to ask a boy/ man to be her boyfriend.

What do you think of the Black history lessons in the PBS documentary about jazz pianist-singer Hazel Scott?

They were very similar to the bromance of today but accompanied by sexual intercourse.

Visual-kei

How do you see these below?

Why are the Chinese so sensitive to Western criticism?

We don’t instantly tie it with sex when a father and his very young daughter are taking a bath together.

I sometimes feel people from the West are obsessed with those “gender” and “sex” things too much. Let’s think about something else sometimes. It’s unhealthy.

They don’t have the so-called “couple culture” seen in many Western countries.

How did it feel when experiencing gay sex for the first?

This is a very vague question. But considering the asker’s comment on Mr. Nakajima’s answer, your interest seems to be in sex-related matters (I don’t think it’s the only indicator of conservative/ progressive, though).

Yaoi

I’ve heard it’s always the male side that is expected to take a move in some countries. It’s not the case in Japan.

Why do women need to wear bras, in spite of the fact that the breasts are an integral part of the body?

“None of my business” is the common attitude.

Moreover, buff guys are often avoided for their narcissism.

They don’t have the value that “guys must be macho.”

How do schizophrenia symptoms change throughout the day?

They don’t bring around their mates everywhere, which means they don’t worry about being single, gay, or whatever because no one cares about whom others are having/ not having sex with.