I’m one of those people who thinks that one should be able to have sex-themed clubs in an academic environment, as long as the club actually approaches the subject academically, with intellectually meaningful discussions that contribute to knowledge and understanding. Even the most banal and superficial of topics are worthwhile of research, as all are studies of humanity. And let’s not forget, sex is such a huge part of almost every subject: art, sciences, sociology, etc. Should they all be denied a place just because some people’s upbringings require them to take offense?

An adult manga appreciation club with a serious focus on the artistic, literary, or technical elements of the work, I would support. A bunch of people getting together to giggle and ogle at naked bodies, I would not… that easily can, and should be, done in the privacy of one’s home.

Have an anime club, or a manga club and keep it general and as wide ranging as possible and touch briefly on as *many* genres as possible. Is this so bizarrely incomprehensible? Guess so.

Simon, why aren’t you on Twitter with the rest of us anime/manga bloggers/reviewers/publishers? We talk about you there, all the time. ;-) Come play with us!

Cheers,

Erica

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A guy in underwear makes some people nervous. Gay sex, and some people are ready to take to the streets in protest. Gay erotica with effeminate men? That’s smoke-billowing-out-of-ears level of excitement.

Of course, there’s no small amount of irony in all this. Yaoi is erotica in the truest sense of the word; Eros, the root word, is also the male Greek god of homosexual passion.

@Australia: We’re going to find out in a couple of years that your legislators touch little girls, aren’t we?

@Simon: That is a very good point (concerning the casting of men in sexualized roles, and the pervasive ever-presence of female objectivity). Society has yet to overcome the idea that the male is invisible; female is not. And it’s precisely because of “the patriarchy” that male nudity is such a complicated thing; we can see a man almost completely naked on television (sans vision of penis) because he is not sexualized. We can’t view a woman the same way; because this is a heteronormative society, the woman is sexualized, and the man is invisible. Although, strangely, we can show female nudes in art films but not the penis. Is this because “male” is afraid of his sexuality?

I may be among minimal company in my love of B-or-smaller breasts, but BY GOD, IT’S MY RIGHT AS A CITIZEN TO ENJOY! THEM!

I wonder if Australia bans the Xsmall group on Reddit (P.S. I am only mentioning it because I want you guys to know the joy of the Xsmall group. It is delicious. Aussies gettin’ all tyrannized. :’[ )