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Seems like this topic has rubbed people up the wrong way!

[–]ActuallyNot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The paper, for the interested.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karl-Andersson-5/publication/360206602_I_am_not_alone_-_we_are_all_alone_Using_masturbation_as_an_ethnographic_method_in_research_on_shota_subculture_in_Japan/links/626832fcbca601538b6a91f1/I-am-not-alone-we-are-all-alone-Using-masturbation-as-an-ethnographic-method-in-research-on-shota-subculture-in-Japan.pdf

[–]HeyBobby 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Great, so a weirdo and a pedophile

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm mildly amused by the title

"I am not alone – we are all alone: Using masturbation as an ethnographic method in research on shota subculture in Japan"

Edit: It's becoming less mild as i dwell on it. This is fucking hilarious.

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    [–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I think it's just a guy who got a little over fixated with his field of research.

    [–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Aren't all social science PhDs really just masturbation of one form or another?

    [–]HiddenFox 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    I only clicked on this because I'm doing research... for a friend!