Thread by @SamAburime

I've seen this before. Issues:
1. Pathological framing; the whole focus is 'Japan as a nation is pedophilic'
2. Discussion switches between cartoons & real children constantly
3. Talks ethical media consumption with no sources on media consumption & lacks citation;
4. Xenophobic

5. Uses a lot of assumptive language such as the term "Feel" "I feel" "men feel" "they feel" You're not supposed to assume people's feelings when you write something like this; you provide either proof, quoted anecdotes, or unassuming language.

For instance, this entire paragraph has NO citations and it's pretty loaded with heavy claims.

Again heavy claims with not one citation in sight. I'm NOT saying these things do not happen, but for a Senior thesis, there should at least be some kind of source referenced here for technical reasons alone. It's a bad look.

This is quite a loaded statement "the sexualization of young girls and the promotion of consumerism became intrinsically tied in Japan"

Again should have a citation literally anywhere before that direct quote.

The piece also switches often. It goes between the porn industry, to sexual trafficking, to prostitution, to cartoon minors in anime/manga, to 'male pedophilia is built into Japanese culture' etc. It's like trying to pull as much proof as possible of Japan's "seedy underbelly"

OH, the other key point I wanted to make is that it's focus is supposed to be "pedophilia" the author should have just focused on 'sexual abuse'; she mentions adult industries w/ adult women constantly. At most, often mentions minors under 18 in trafficking, but not CHILDREN.

And yet she decided to continue while having no actual studies that support the "normalization" theory her entire paper relies on. How are the existence of drawings and cartoons connected to the trafficking of real people? How do you prove it's correlated to an INCREASE?

"What right do I have to pass judgment on Japanese culture?... It's because i'm afraid it will spread across the globe and taint us all, unlike my pure America that very much does NOT tolerate pedophile culture :'^(. Save the children."

I find it wild the author of this was able to cite at LEAST 3 to 4 accomplished scholars & experts in their fields who provide proof as to why the 'fiction/reality' argument is not valid, & the rest of their paper goes on to have no actual citations in support of their claims.

TLDR; Can cite multiple people who disagree with them and poke holes in their reasoning but can't cite anyone who actually substantially proves their whole paper's thesis.

More wildly broad, heavy statements with literally no support given whatsoever with that very not-subtle "America has ethics and is at risk of being tainted by Japanese cartoons" energy

Framing like 'Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid' is being played on daytime television and being watched at the rate Game of Thrones was.

For instance, as a bare minimum, there aren't even any Japanese sources referencing these problems. She references a bunch of things she claims are happening while providing no links to the real world: studies, reports, news articles, press, conference presentations, etc