Lolicon

Lolicon (ロリコン rorikon), also romanized as lolikon or rorikon, is Japanese discourse or media focusing on the attraction to young or prepubescent girls. The term lolicon is a portmanteau of the phrase "Lolita complex"; it describes an attraction to young or prepubescent girls, an individual with such an attraction, or lolicon manga or lolicon anime, a genre of manga and anime wherein childlike female characters are often depicted in an "erotic-cute" manner (also known as ero kawaii), in an art style reminiscent of the shōjo manga (girls' comics) style.

Outside Japan, lolicon is in less common usage and usually refers to the genre. The term is a reference to Vladimir Nabokov's book Lolita, in which a middle-aged man becomes sexually obsessed with a twelve-year-old girl. It was first used in Japan in the 1970s and quickly became used to describe erotic dojinshi (amateur comics) portrayals of young girls.

Laws have been enacted in various countries, including in Japan, which regulate explicit content featuring children or childlike characters. Some countries, such as the United Kingdom, have made it illegal to possess lolicon. Parent and citizens groups in Japan have organized to work toward stronger controls and stricter laws governing lolicon manga and other similar media. Studies of lolicon fans state that they are attracted to an aesthetic of cuteness rather than the age of the characters, and that collecting lolicon represents a disconnect from society.

An example of Loli spanking art made by a westerner

Meanings

Lolicon in its essence is associated with a mental attraction towards feminine neoteny. It can extend to youthful looking adults (including non-teenagers who are 20+ or even 30+) and crosses over with other genres such as kawaii or moe or pettanko. Age is not a limitation as many "lolis" in anime fiction are at least one hundred (such as various vampires like Evangeline McDowell of Negima, Mina Tepes of Dance in the Vampire Bund, Princess Miyu or Rosario) to over a dozen centuries (Demon Lord Etna and Angel Flonne of Disgaea) to over nine thousand years old (immortal alien Washu Hakubi of Tenchi Muyo). It is as much related to appearance, mannerism, context and personality as it is to physical age. In the anime 'Lucky Star', Konata's father Soujiro is referenced as being a lolicon for being attracted to Konata's mother due to her youthful looks even though she was a legal adult and in her twenties.

• One interpretation is that it refers to a sexual complex where an adult (male or female) is attracted to an underage girl, or in which an underage boy is attracted to an underage girl, or two underage girl.
• In the Western world, it refers specifically to artwork or manga depicting pre-pubescent or pubescent girls in sexual situations.

Controversy

Like shotacon, lolicon often depicts children in sexual situations with adults or other children. While the lolicon community argues that drawn art is protected under freedom of speech, critics claim lolicon is a direct offshoot of child pornography and may lead to child sexual abuse. Supporters argue lolicon is fictional drawings and therefore not child pornography (a view supported by Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition) because no child has been harmed in its creation, and that no study has ever linked lolicon to child sexual abuse.

Lolicon has dubious legality in many parts of the world. The sale, but not posssession, of lolicon is outlawed and punishable by imprisonment in some regions of Japan, but is legal in others. The United States PROTECT act of 2003 prohibited obscene or sexual drawings of children, while the Supreme Court in Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition ruled that such legislation is unconstitutional. Sh"tacon is illegal in Australia, Canada, Sweden, Norway, and South Africa, but prosecutors do not typically press charges unless other crimes are present. Since most sh"tacon is trafficked internationally (such as through the Internet), national legal prohibitions are difficult to enforce.

Loli and spanking

Due to the popularity of the anime and manga art form, there is an increasing crossover with loli and girl spanking art.

See also [ Hentai ]

More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Lolicon ]

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