Ren'Py why does censorship exist, I wonder

[GalateaRoxana]

First, excuse me with the entire community for my ignorance, maybe because I'm young I don't understand certain things, but after exploring the vast world of the Internet, this platform is the best for me. The only thing I don't understand is that censorship exists, I can't explain in words from my point of view as a woman, of course, what censorship means, for example, if you're making an erotic game that I download almost 500 G a month, say NTR , PREGNACY, RAPE, I have a sick mind like many and many or I discriminate against anything or anyone but I cannot understand why censorship exists. If someone would be so kind as to explain it to me with the same words that I used, I would appreciate it. Thank you very much in advance.

 

[Count Morado]

Here are some reasons why people believe censorship is necessary:

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I am not saying I agree with any of them, but it should give you some understanding. It's a general overview and if you meant something more specific, you should clarify. If English is not your native tongue and that it is why you can't explain it well, I recommend writing with proper spelling, grammar, and sentence structure in your native language and use deepl.com to translate to English. It might also help if you mention what country you are in because each country has its own regulations with regards to censorship.

 

[Hagatagar]

I assume you are mainly referring to the typical genital censorship of games from Japan.

In that case it's because of Article 175 of the japanese Criminal Code from 1907, which states:

A person who distributes, sells or displays in public an obscene document, drawing or other objects shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than 2 years, a fine of not more than 2,500,000 yen or a petty fine. The same shall apply to a person who possesses the same for the purpose of sale.

The definition of "obscenity" was defined by the japanese Supreme Court in 1928 and consideres a work as obscene if it "arouses and stimulates sexual desire, offends a common sense of modesty or shame, and violates proper concepts of sexual morality".

Over the years, this ruling has been argued several times, but it always came to the same result: Porn has to be censored in Japan.

And that's basically why the japanese adult/porn industry is self-censoring their works, to not get fined and sent to prison.
In the End there is nothing that can be done in that regard from our site.

 

[GalateaRoxana]

I assume you are mainly referring to the typical genital censorship of games from Japan.

In that case it's because of Article 175 of the japanese Criminal Code from 1907, which states:

The definition of "obscenity" was defined by the japanese Supreme Court in 1928 and consideres a work as obscene if it "arouses and stimulates sexual desire, offends a common sense of modesty or shame, and violates proper concepts of sexual morality".

Over the years, this ruling has been argued several times, but it always came to the same result: Porn has to be censored in Japan.

And that's basically why the japanese adult/porn industry is self-censoring their works, to not get fined and sent to prison.
In the End there is nothing that can be done in that regard from our site.

Thank you very much for the explanation, I swear I had no idea, I had not searched about it either.