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title: "Lesson 5.1"
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# Lesson 5.1

Sexuality and pornography are two different things, but if we want to fully understand shibari, we must approach them through a single **critical lens**. Their contemporary context in Japan, anchored in a historical and cultural legacy, explains much of the “perversion” this practice involves and helps us distinguish between artistic creation, fiction, and tragic real events.

 Estimated reading time: 26 minutes.


## 5.1.5 Shame: exposure and vulnerability

![5.1.5 Shame: exposure and vulnerability](https://shibari-dojo.online/images/course/t515en_sq.webp)

In erotic shibari, shame only arises when there is a chance that another person may gain access to a private part of us that makes us vulnerable, and exposure goes far beyond showing the body.

 Estimated reading time: 12 minutes.


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## 5.1.4 The new AV Law

![5.1.4 The new AV Law](https://shibari-dojo.online/images/course/t514en_sq.webp)

The **new AV Law** (AV新法, *AV shinpo*) came into force in Japan on June 23, 2022, and completely upended the country’s pornography industry and, with it, the professional shibari sector.

 Estimated reading time: 14 minutes.


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## 5.1.3 Striptease in Japan

![5.1.3 Striptease in Japan](https://shibari-dojo.online/images/course/t513en_sq.webp)

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## 5.1.2 Rape culture in Japan

![5.1.2 Rape culture in Japan](https://shibari-dojo.online/images/course/t512en_sq.webp)

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## 5.1.1 Sexuality in the Edo period

![5.1.1 Sexuality in the Edo period](https://shibari-dojo.online/images/course/t511en_sq.webp)

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