A Japanese artist named Rokudenashiko was arrested on charges of obscenity for crowdfunding a 3D printed kayak shaped like her vagina.
Her real name is Megumi Igarashi and she she allegedly broke obscenity laws by scanning her vagina and sending the 3D printer data to over 30 people. In Japan, it is illegal to sell, distribute, or display “obscene objects,” and she was sending her “personal data” to those who contributed to the “pussy kayak” crowdfunding campaign. Sounds like a pretty good crowdfunding idea…
Why would she send 3D data on her vagina to people? Japan has some conservative obscenity laws, especially where the vagina is concerned. The vagina is a rather taboo topic, and words like “manko,” or “pussy”, are extremely vulgar words. Rokudenashiko is basically trying to promote vagina awareness through her art.
“Vagina has been thought to be obscene because it has been overly hidden; although it is just a part of a woman’s body… I wanted to make the vagina more ‘casual’.”
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