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Thank you! I'm super late to this thread as well as I'm only reading 1Q84 now, and I'm really struggling with the paedophilic aspects of it (and the fact that not enough people are talking about it). I love Murakami but you're right, he's done this in so many of his novels and I'm really getting tired and creeped out by it... You've just explained it beautifully though, and I completely agree with you and am glad to see others sharing this opinion!
yes, i agree also 7 years late to this thread. and i find that his descriptions of the sex crimes to be so gratuitous and sexual and unkind to the victims and centered in such a way (like tsubasa's introduction and her assault was so centered on her "eggs" and her fertility like is that the issue here?) that firmly convinces me he's far more aroused by the crime than the "justice" following it. he clearly lacks any basic empathy regarding such a crime, anyone that possessed an ounce of it would never describe this way. i am tired of the people who think because aomame is a female character it somehow makes murakami a feminist. the way he writes about every woman and all the interactions the women have over 900 pages shows me that he hates women and he's a creep.
I also agree, 7 years late. lol I used to be a fan of Murakami but now I realize I was misled by the glamor that we often afford to cis male "geniuses". The idea that this is him "challenging our preconceptions" is ludicrous given that pedophilia, sexual assault and the objectification of women is the norm. How is it challenging that if it's just him exploring the dark sides of these existing norms? Child abuse is rampant in our society, we don't need any more male geniuses excusing rape and pedophilia through their work. Murakami clearly has some issues with this kind of thing, but it should be explored in therapy, not in novels that have a worldwide reach. We need to stop glorifying and enabling men like this.
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Thank you! I'm super late to this thread as well as I'm only reading 1Q84 now, and I'm really struggling with the paedophilic aspects of it (and the fact that not enough people are talking about it). I love Murakami but you're right, he's done this in so many of his novels and I'm really getting tired and creeped out by it... You've just explained it beautifully though, and I completely agree with you and am glad to see others sharing this opinion!
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yes, i agree also 7 years late to this thread. and i find that his descriptions of the sex crimes to be so gratuitous and sexual and unkind to the victims and centered in such a way (like tsubasa's introduction and her assault was so centered on her "eggs" and her fertility like is that the issue here?) that firmly convinces me he's far more aroused by the crime than the "justice" following it. he clearly lacks any basic empathy regarding such a crime, anyone that possessed an ounce of it would never describe this way. i am tired of the people who think because aomame is a female character it somehow makes murakami a feminist. the way he writes about every woman and all the interactions the women have over 900 pages shows me that he hates women and he's a creep.
I also agree, 7 years late. lol I used to be a fan of Murakami but now I realize I was misled by the glamor that we often afford to cis male "geniuses". The idea that this is him "challenging our preconceptions" is ludicrous given that pedophilia, sexual assault and the objectification of women is the norm. How is it challenging that if it's just him exploring the dark sides of these existing norms? Child abuse is rampant in our society, we don't need any more male geniuses excusing rape and pedophilia through their work. Murakami clearly has some issues with this kind of thing, but it should be explored in therapy, not in novels that have a worldwide reach. We need to stop glorifying and enabling men like this.
