I don't get shotacon.

[Deleted member 4193532]

Lolicon is obvious, it's simulated kiddy porn for sick fucks what want to fuck little girls. (No judgment. ) But shotacon... the vast majority of it I've seen (and as a regular nhentai user, I've seen *a lot*, the last few years it's been taking over the hentai manga/doujinshi scene to nearly the same degree as NTR) is still super male-gaze-y. Like, yeah, there's a little boy there, but the focus is still very much on the women. It feels like, whereas the fantasy being serviced with lolicon is fucking little girls, the fantasy being serviced with shotacon is fucking grown women *as a little boy*, and I just... can't wrap my head around why that's appealing to anyone (let alone apparently to half of Japan).

It's just a fun fantasy to imagine yourself as a child being "abused" by an older woman, i'm not a big shota fan but i see the appeal.

 

[asehpe]

1) Shockingly, women also fap to porn.
2) Peter Pan syndrome.
3) Those who find appealing the idea to be serviced by a motherly figure like when they were kids ; this one probably explain part of the appeal in Japan where the life of a salaryman can be really stressful.
4) A throwback in (effective or phantasmal) youth.

With this you probably cover most of the persons interested by shota.

Coming in late, but anyway... I would add that for those into domination aspects, a woman dominating a little boy and using him to satisfy her desires is VERY attractive as a background to whatever is going on. In this case, you take the viewpoint of the woman (which a lot of shotacon stories do), and you accompany her while she takes undue advantage of a little boy, preferrably one who has just started having lewd thoughts and feelings. She is still obviously stronger and in control, and the boy is unexperienced, naive, and controllable. What's not to like?

 

[eaudecologne]

Coming in late, but anyway... I would add that for those into domination aspects, a woman dominating a little boy and using him to satisfy her desires is VERY attractive as a background to whatever is going on. In this case, you take the viewpoint of the woman (which a lot of shotacon stories do), and you accompany her while she takes undue advantage of a little boy, preferrably one who has just started having lewd thoughts and feelings. She is still obviously stronger and in control, and the boy is unexperienced, naive, and controllable. What's not to like?

Yeah it's also more realistic than the usual porn scenario.

 

[That other person]

I think most people had that teacher that was crazy hot, sometimes a substitute teacher that appeared and was not only fucking cool, but absurdly hot, that kind of stuff stays with you and then VOILA! Shotacon becomes interesting because it takes you back to that I guess. Or! hear me out... people have random fetishes and they like what they like without specific reasons.

I had a friend who had a hot mom, like an actual hot mom, and she adored me too so that didn't make things easier for me. She was, of course, a normal woman, so nothing happened. Maybe I got it from that, maybe not, who cares anyway?

The age gap, the taboo, the fact an older woman is allowing your inexperienced self to feel her that way, maybe the idea of being taken care of nicely, the coming of age classic story, the moment that could have been in your youth but wasn't. There are many reasons to it really, but some just like it.

I will always disagree with the logic of "You like loli hentai? Must be a freak pedo LOL!" That's just absurd and mean for no reason. Also kink-shaming and then the double-standard is a real low, especially considering where we are. That's like "You like violent games? Must be a serial killer!". People don't actually do the things they do virtually, some even find it disgusting outside these boundaries, not because they feel guilty, because they are normal humans with functioning brains that know some things just belong in fantasy.

Lately I've seen people say "If you like a hairless pussy you're probably a pedo, real women have bushes!". I'm like "what the fuck is that logic now?" So I guess people just like to point fingers and shame others whilst assuming the things they do are completely fine.

Fucking long post again... I can't control myself!

 

[eaudecologne]

Lately I've seen people say "If you like a hairless pussy you're probably a pedo, real women have bushes!". I'm like "what the fuck is that logic now?"

Ive seen this too and understandably this is a sensitive topic to talk about but they're also saying this shit about thin women, I saw a tweet saying if you like women who weigh 120 pounds you're a pedo, just insane stuff like that. Ultimately I don't understand what they're trying to achieve, it reminds me of other words that are being thrown around and in the end they lose their meaning.

 

[DeMarcus16]

and the boy is unexperienced, naive, and controllable.

And, in almost all cases, willing!

I had a friend who had a hot mom,

OH hell yes! Probably where my love of IBT comes from. She wasn't flat, but damn near. I still, 50 years later, wish for what might have been.