Talk:Shudo
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Woah there, "Today, Japanese homosexuality closely parallels western practices."?! I'm not sure what Japan and what West this article is talking about, but it doesn't seem to be modern-day Japan and the west of Europe and the Americas... comments, suggestions? Wouldn't this article be fine without this line completely? I don't think it would be appropriate in this article to get into the current dynamics of homosexual relationships in Japan as opposed to the West, but it doesn't have to be compressed to a single (inaccurate) sentence.
- Agreed. I have removed the sentence. I would suggest a new article about homosexuality in japan or something along those lines. The sentence is both inaccurate, and unwanted.
There are a bunch of things wrong with this article.
1) It was not christian influence that caused the end of nanshoku. Nanshoku ended before the Restoration and came back for a period around 1880-1910. It's odd that this article cites Iwata but goes against his saying that it was not christianity that ended nanshoku. 2) Shudo shouldnt be considered the same as 'homosexuality' due to the connotations of the english word. 3) There's no proof that the term shudo didnt appear earlier and was simply not written down or that documents with it have been destroyed. 4) The entire origins seems to be an uncited copy from speculation of a Japanese scholar from the 1930's called Iwata. There is no real evidence Kukai brought nanshoku over from China. 5) It should be noted that many top schoars in nanshoku study don't agree with Watanabe.
I'll try fixing this page when I have the time.
