Talk:Enjo kōsai

message: I don't think this is anything new in the USA - it has gone on for a long
time and probably goes on in most countries
Agreed, but there seems to a fascination with Japan which ensures even the most banal parts of it's culture are endlessly documented on Wikipedia... -Barryvalder 02:59, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What about sugaring? (related to sugar baby and sugar daddy) --Appleuseryu (talk) 16:47, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: USA

message: Enjo Kousai is the best form, although enjo kōsai and enjo koosai are both technically correct. It depends on the romajii system being used. Enjo kosai, as it is now, is simply incorrect. Hopefully, the article will take the kousai title after the merger.
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See: Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_for_Japan-related_articles WhisperToMe 03:17, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to be clear- koosai would never be an acceptable romanization of this article, as "oo" romaji never refers to the dipthong "ou," but instead always refers to the extended "oo."  I should have realized writing a lecture on proper romaji usage to someone who spelled "romaji" wrong though might be a waste of time.75.217.60.119 (talk) 11:42, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Spelling 

message: I see two things wrong with this, so I removed it:
:In Japan in 2000, there were an estimated 63.8 million mobile phones users. The Japan Internet Association, a non-governmental organisation, reported that around one in three Japanese high school girls owns a mobile phone that can access the internet.
First, whats the relevance to the prevalence of mobile phones in Japanese high schools? Second, I highly doubt than only 1/3 high school girls own mobile phones. Something like 90% would be a bit more believable. Maybe the report alluded to (but not cited) is more than 10 years old, but I can not imagine japanese high schools with less than 80% prevalence of mobile phones in last several years. Shinhan 12:01, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mobile phones 

message: I didn't see how the text "Others, especially within the Japanese academic establishment, see enjo kōsai as a coming-of-age ritual that has naturally developed in Japan's contemporary capitalist society." was relevant (I actually think it's sort of dangerous, philosophically wise), so I placed it under comments. -Guille ^.~ 01:25, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coming-of-age ritual 

message: This talks about the same phenomena seen in the examples of the "Age disparity in sexual relationships" article.2_of_8 (talk) 16:33, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You should add merge templates if you want people to comment. 70.55.85.177 (talk) 08:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hmm, I thought I did... anyways, It's always difficult to get somebody to agree to merge an article on a Japanese phenomenon. I always get responses saying that the Japanese translation of an English word talks about something much too different and unique. Gah. 2_of_8 (talk) 19:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: The link under "bibliography" was a link to the now removed WaiWai Column on the Mainichi daily news.  The link is dead, and the articles have been removed with an appology by the newspaper, as they were not known to be well sourced or even fact checked.  Either way the link was 404, and not reliable enough to be source material.
Mainichi's apology for their WaiWai Column : http://mdn.mainichi.jp/20080720/0628.html
Confirming the linked article came from WaiWai : http://www.theage.com.au/world/japanese-set-the-blogs-on-sleazy-australian-writer-20080704-31w7.html?page=-1
131.107.0.75 (talk) 20:38, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to WaiWai column 

message: :"The law made the [nation-wide?] legal age limit 18 for consenting sexual activities..."
This sentence apparently contradicts the article on Ages of consent in Asia, which says that the "national age of consent in Japan is 13" but "prefectures can have local ordinances that prohibit sexual activities with any minor under 18." Maybe the person who wrote the above statement was thinking of a specific prefecture, but in any case they neglected to add a supporting source. --Keith111 (talk) 10:26, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The statement is correct.  The 1999 law was not prefectural.  The article of consent in Asia is outdated by at least ten years.  You could have just read the law and found that out.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.217.60.119 (talk) 11:35, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia articles are not sources, but their sources sure are. And the source cited for 13  certainly seems legit (Interpol) and clear, and cites the law from 1999 with 13 as the age of consent. I'm sure everyone's willing to entertain the possibility of the Interpol site being outdated after 3+ years, but if you can provide a source for 18, that'd be awesome and would no doubt improve the AoC article, too. 88.113.226.197 (talk) 07:21, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Age of consent in Japan 

message: Couldn't a comparison be made with escorting in the west? They seem to be essentially the same thing, albeit with Enjo Kosai being less "professional".--94.196.129.125 (talk) 19:07, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: No, because escorting is prostitution.  Or do you think that there are American "escorts" who draw the line at "dinner and a movie" and yet are still employed?  You must be kidding.   Not sure why people are so fixated on finding a way to make this very odd specific wrinkle on prostitution into some sort of universal "it happens everywhere" thing, when it does not.  Grown men paying young girls to hang out with them in such huge numbers that >20%< of high school girls do it *is* a strange thing that *isn't* "happening everywhere".  It uniquely originated in Japan and has spread a bit to her neighbors.  Forcing analogies that don't fit, IMO, badly detracts from the core issue and crosses into original research.  IMO *only* direct parallels to this practice in other countries should be referenced here and not "well, isn't this just like marriage! har har"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.15.43.26 (talk) 17:06, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hah, this is not so easy to answer methinks. Some escort services in the so-called "West" (plus, here in Europe where I live) have very strict rules like "no sexual contacts". And, of course, some of the women prefer that type of escort services because they do not want to have sexual intercourse with total strangers, not even for lots of money ("Out of the question, I'm no prostitute!" I heard an escort woman say once). -andy 2.243.85.234 (talk) 16:43, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Escorting

message: Tagged April 22, 2013 by Presentime for a POV dispute in the section "Perceptions in Japanese society" but no accompanying entry made here.  What, exactly, is disputed in that section? Eggishorn (talk) 11:40, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: As there has been no discussion or explanation for the placement of the tag for 5 years, I'm removing the tag. --John B123 (talk) 19:17, 13 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: POV Dispute

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message: In the US, people insist on selling sexually themed music, films, clothing to teenagers, and providing them with sex ed, condoms and abortion. "They are teenagers, it's perfectly normal for them to have sex" they say. But an older man is willing to pay a girl to go and do karaoke? Huge problem. So fumbling around in the back seat of a car with some totally clueless 17 year old football player is totally cool, dinner with a 40yo lawyer for money, not cool.
Meanwhile, the feminists are claiming that a young girl using her looks and her body to get older men to pay her cash and goods for her company is somehow "empowering to females"? I thought not that long ago prostitution itself was a symbol of the patriarchy, women being forced to degrade themeselves to men because they couldn't make a living any other way and the men owned all the wealth. I wish they'd just make up their minds. AnnaGoFast (talk) 02:03, 22 December 2017 (UTC)
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message: I wrote a follow-up on the UN Special Rapporteur's claim that 13% of Japanese minors are involved in enjo kosai. The Special Rapporteur's estimate that 13% of Japanese minors are involved in enjo kosai has created quite a stir in Japanese society, with most of the Japanese reaction being that the estimate was clearly unfounded and exaggerated. Of course the Japanese government immediately protested to the Special Rapporteur, who retracted her estimate. It is a serious mistake that this unfounded estimate of 13% is still being written as fact all over the web.--SLIMHANNYA (talk) 14:52, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: By the way, the UN Special Rapporteur initially announced that 30% of Japanese minors were prostituted. It was really ridiculous.--SLIMHANNYA (talk) 15:12, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  November 2022