The pirate king, also known as the king of navigation in China, is a world-famous Japanese animation and comic book. I believe it is also the childhood and youth memories of many readers here. As a classic work, the pirate king attracts readers not only the wonderful plot, but also the creation of characters, many of which have many fans.
Originally, Xiao Lei thought that such a work with positive energy elements such as companionship, friendship and perseverance as its main selling points was unlikely to have anything to do with negative news. However, he did not expect to see the figure of the pirate king in the hot search on Weibo today, and it appeared in the form of negative news.
(intercepted from Weibo)
Recently, Ms. Zhu reported to the TV program "1818 golden eye" that she had purchased the seafaring king series blind box neutral pen. There were indecent pictures on the product packaging and appearance design Ms. Zhu was worried that these "exposed" pictures would affect her child's physical and mental health, so she contacted the customer service to hope to return the goods. However, the customer service said that the blind box product was sold and there was no reason to return the goods within 7 days. In addition, the customer service thought that the design itself was no problem. The product details were displayed on the purchase page. If she felt that it was indecent, she could choose not to purchase
(intercepted from Weibo)
Ms. Zhu, whose needs have not been met, decided to expose the problems of this series of stationery to the media, and believed that the appearance of such "obscene and pornographic" designs on a product sold to the market is a serious damage to the physical and mental health of young people and children, with unimaginable consequences.
Moreover, Ms. Zhu said frankly that she had recently seen many reports about the problems of teenagers' teaching materials, so she paid special attention to the stationery she had just bought, and found these "unattractive" designs. When it comes to teaching materials, it naturally attracts the attention of all parties. At the same time, it also brings a question: is there a problem with this kind of cultural and creative products co branded with the famous animation IP?
Are stationery on sale "pornographic" products
Through the photos and text messages displayed in the video, Xiaolei easily located the neutral pen, which Ms. Zhu called "obscene pornographic" product. This is a blind box product jointly launched by Chenguang stationery and pirate king. Users will randomly select one of the models from the blind box after purchase. The design of the pen body basically comes from the Pirate Group, the protagonist of the pirate king. It is also the most popular character in the work. Among them, there are two female characters, Nami and Robin, who are also highly popular female characters in the animation.
As a work serialized in Japan's junior jump comics, the pirate king itself is positioned as a juvenile comics. In fact, in the animation and comic series introduced in China, there is basically no hierarchical management on it, and it has been broadcast as a work of all ages. This also means that at least under the strict domestic review mechanism, the pirate king is also a work suitable for all ages.
In that case, why are the female characters in this work called "obscene pornographic" design by Ms. Zhu? The original video coded all the relevant pictures, but Xiaolei found the same product on the e-commerce platform, and also found the product design complained by Ms. Zhu.
(intercepted from Taobao)
From the perspective of patterns, the two female characters' clothes are "cool", and because of their good figure, some female sexuality is naturally more prominent, but it is not obvious under the similar print design of Chenguang. At least from the perspective of appearance, Xiaolei doesn't think it can make people have "evil thoughts".
Admittedly, many Japanese animations and cartoons have more or less the meaning of soft porn, but from the perspective of product design, Xiao Lei believes that Chenguang's product can not be related to "obscene porn". After all, if wearing cool clothes is "obscene porn", should a child walk into the pool, and all the women in the pool should be avoided and not appear in the children's sight? Or should they all wear one-piece swimsuits that cover the whole body**
Lu Xun wrote a sentence in "a little miscellaneous feeling": "at the sight of short sleeves, he immediately thought of white arms, naked bodies, genitals, sexual intercourse, hybridization and illegitimate children. The Chinese imagination can only make such a leap forward in this layer". When he sees people dressed in cool clothes, he directly thinks of "obscenity and pornography". Isn't that the reason?
Youth protection is indeed the top priority, but if it comes to the point that "all grass and trees are soldiers", is it too much? The problem of teaching materials has aroused widespread concern because teaching materials are books that all teenagers must contact and be familiar with. They are different from ordinary products on the market. Teaching materials naturally need more strict review. Moreover, the problem of teaching materials is not just "wearing cool". Many of the paintings have obvious sexual implications and do not conform to the meaning of socialist values**
Besides the teaching materials, many children's books are also accused of serious problems. For example, it is obviously inappropriate and unreasonable for adults in this children's story book to kiss children's bare hips. Such paintings can be defined as "obscene pornographic". Moreover, because children's books are basically designed for children under the age of 12, the emergence of such paintings obviously cannot explain the author's motivation for other reasons.
Teaching materials and children's books should be subject to more stringent supervision. For products sold to the general public and not aimed at special groups, should the same standards be applied to the audit? At least in the relevant pages of Chenguang stationery, there is no indication that this is a product for teenagers. It is applicable to both minors and adults. It is just an ordinary product.
Wearing cool = pornographic
In Xiao Lei's opinion, the key to this incident lies in the definition of "pornographic" products. Should the definition of "pornographic" products be changed because someone doesn't like it The works in the video that Ms. Zhu considers to be "obscene pornographic" may not be "obscene pornographic" in the eyes of most people. Should we define them as "obscene pornographic" because someone or some people don't like them
(intercepted from Weibo)
To tell the truth, Xiao Lei has seen too many similar things. In the name of protecting teenagers, some parents arbitrarily abuse their reporting power on works and products that do not meet their preferences, causing many excellent works to be poisoned. For example, the famous domestic science popularization animation blue cat naughty threethousand questions, in which one episode of the animation was reported off the shelves by parents, because: "the action of the blue cat when walking is similar to the action of the devil in the film and television series when entering the village".
In addition, the biography of the seven heroes of the rainbow cat and the blue rabbit, created with animal images, has also been reported by parents to be full of pornographic violence. As long as you have seen the animation, you should know that this accusation is very "bullshit", but it also led to the animation being banned by some TV stations.
In fact, such expanded and exaggerated reports and accusations are directly hurting the strength of our cultural and creative industry, making many cultural and creative creators afraid of their hands and feet. They are afraid that they will be reported if they are careless and suffer heavy losses. Some parents' fear of "sex" has become the biggest obstacle to the popularization of sex education in China, and may even bring many serious consequences
There are many reports of molesting children by acquaintances and teachers every year, but most of them are discovered by parents only after children have obvious discomfort. Most children don't even think that what acquaintances and teachers have done to themselves is wrong. If we can popularize sex education and let children understand the meaning of such acts, it is obvious that we can find these illegal acts earlier and stop criminals as soon as possible.
Relevant reports show that in 2021 alone, there were 223 cases of sexual abuse of children exposed by the media and tried by the courts, with more than 569 child victims, of which more than 70% were children under the age of 14, and 80% were committed by acquaintances. In terms of the proportion of child sexual assault cases in urban and rural areas, the county has successfully integrated urban and rural areas with a proportion of 58.51%. In fact, in cities with more open and better education systems, the popularity of sex education and the open mind of parents enable teenagers to better avoid sexual assault.
(picture source: Statistics of cases of sexual assault on children and investigation report on children's anti sexual assault education in 2021 of "girls' protection")
Therefore, in recent years, the domestic educational circles have been calling for the development of sex education courses for primary and secondary school students, because only by understanding the meaning of "sex", can teenagers better avoid "sexual assault" and "obscenity" However, the sex education in schools has encountered strong resistance from parents. Many parents believe that children are still young and should not learn these "pornographic" things. They are worried about teaching bad children
But is this not a kind of ostrich thinking? He thinks that as long as he buries his head, the child can avoid injury if he doesn't understand these knowledge at all. In fact, it makes the child lose his ability to distinguish when facing injury, so that he doesn't know that he is being "violated".
If some parents can't accept a design that wears cool clothes and has diluted many female characteristics, then the development of sex education is even more like a talk at the end of the day. In their eyes, sex education books may be a beast like existence. In fact, these "loving children" parents are becoming an obstacle to the physical and mental health development of teenagers.
Although this incident seems to be just a parent's query on stationery design, it is the excessive fear of "sex" of some parents behind it Xiao Lei believes that when we can face up to the existence of similar works and no longer associate all kinds of works with "obscenity and pornography", when can we make further progress in the sex education and protection of teenagers and children.