People in Japan do not want to have contacts for various reasons. For instance, the impact of economic stagnation, the effects of the tsunami, and the radioactive crisis influenced people’s minds. They were collapsed and seemed to lose the essence in love and marriage. Japanese men became less ambitious concerning career, while women preferred to be independent. However, Japanese women face trouble at work, even being married. Employers do not take women on serious vacancies because they consider that females can be pregnant. It is more likely for Japanese women to be fired from their jobs after their firstborn births. Japanese males claim their insufficient wages, which constraint them from dating and marriage. Similarly, young people do not want to have sexual relations because of different reasons, including sexual contempt. This disbalance between people’s interests led to an inability to build strong conventional families. It is worth mentioning that social structures strongly criticize cohabitation and parenthood outside of marriage.
Women, particularly mothers, suffered all effects of natural and economic disasters very severely. As recent studies have shown, the victims of natural collapses tend to be damaged by preterm birth, harsh stress during and after the pregnancy (Suzuki et al., 2016). Concerning children, they have been born with underweight problems or have never been born (Suzuki et al., 2016). This fact certainly affects Japan’s population, and many sources even suspect the Japanese nation in extinction. Women might become extremely vulnerable to external factors, which may provoke an unwillingness to give birth to children. It can be another reason why Japan’s population is decreasing rapidly.
Besides, Japanese people are becoming obsessed with technologies and watching 2D cartoons called anime. As Japan is considered a traditional and law-abiding country, porn movies are strictly banned by the government’s policies. Instead, people created a whole universe of pictured movies, which often demonstrate explicit scenes and behavior. Anime is one of the most explosive media sources, and it still elevates its popularity among Japanese inhabitants. People watch and discuss anime, and it can probably cause a loss of interest in real life. It is feasible to suggest that anime fantasies become a replacement for relationships. Moreover, anime promotes the issue of “hikikomori,” which means a person’s choice to stay isolated and not to participate in different social activities (Kato et al., 2018). It can be the major reason people independently refuse to attempt creating real-life relations, as modern media culture influences them.
Concerning Aristophanes, an Ancient Greek comic playwright, it is feasible to suggest that he was not rebelling against sexuality and naughtiness. On the contrary, translators of his plays tried to conceal explicit contents and non-standard discourse (Robson, 2016). There was an explosion of Aristophanes’ plays popularity during the Victorian Era. However, contemporaries followed the Victorian canon on decency and diligence and had to implement specific censorship policies to their translations and adaptations. His plays were much franker concerning sexual maintenance and manifestation. The playwright claimed that sex is a joy, which brings people together. That is why Aristophanes probably would not appreciate sex refusals.
As for North America, Japan can serve as a good example of why people should establish relationships. Most likely, it concerns all countries of the globe because sexual relations are people’s basic biological need, which prevents nations from extinction. In general, the number of people who do not have relationships is relatively disturbing for Japan. It means a serious decrease in population for the country and threats to political, social, and economic spheres.
References
Kato, T. A., Kanba, S., & Teo, A. R. (2018). Hikikomori: Experience in Japan and international relevance. World Psychiatry, 17(1), 105–106.
Robson, J. (2016). Aristophanes, Gender, and Sexuality. Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Aristophanes, Chapter 3, 44–66. Web.
Suzuki, K., Yamagata, Z., Kawado, M., & Hashimoto, S. (2016). Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Secondary Sex Ratio and Perinatal Outcomes. Journal of Epidemiology, 26(2), 76–83.