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From: ffml-bounce@anifics.com [mailto:ffml-bounce@anifics.com] On Behalf
Of whimsy
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:25 PM
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Subject: [FFML] Re: Cultural context (was [Ranma][Drama] Hardships -
Chapter 1: The Gathering)


BTW, apart from two stories, "Kuno Got Lucky" by Gregg Sharp and
"Lost" by Gary Kleppe, I don't recall seeing any other Ranma fics
involving rape and pregnancy where the fetus was aborted (in "Lost"
it was to have been aborted but it was miscarried before that
happened).  There may be a few others, but overall I find this to be
an odd statistic for stories set in a nation where abortion is common
for teenage pregnancies.

If I'm not completely mistaken (and if you're remembering right about Gary's
"Lost"), both it and Trythlind's "Innocence Lost" are based on a story idea
by Lord Archive, who's also a master of getting the cultural implications of
lemon content right. 

In "Red Digivice Diaries", one of the youngest characters gets pregnant, and
decides to keep the baby - causing a massive blowup among the complete set
of parents for the Odaiba Chosen. She finally gets her way, though at her
first prenatal checkup, her doctor automatically assumes she's there for an
abortion. 

Think about it: Japan has outlawed birth control pills for decades, and
still has a falling birthrate. How can this be happening? I'm kind of
doubting that they have less sex than westerners, given the lack of
historical taboos (that I can remember, anyway), and anyone thinking the
difference is made up for solely by condoms is kidding themselves.

SP



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