/lit/ - Literature

>"Soon thereafter, the philosopher Ogyu Sorai expressed an identical opinion : “The manners of male and female prostitutes have influenced the members of other classes. At present even daimyo and other people of high status think nothing of using expressions derived from the speech of the courtesans’ quarter and male prostitutes’ quarter, while the wives and daughters of the members of the military class think it is no shame to imitate the manners of the courtesans and male prostitutes. This is a most obnoxious fashion. Whosoever does not join in imitating these people is ridiculed as a boor and the customs and manners of the time have become extremely bad.”

>"The establishment of the Pax Tokugawa and its policy of peasant-warrior separation produced various new social problems : demographic imbalances, gang violence, the weakening of traditional lord-retainer relationships. The new regime also witnessed a decline in the martial ethos and skills of the samurai class. After the battle of Sekigahara, the sustained period of peace encouraged a slackening of the military lifestyle, and it was widely believed that men were becoming effeminate. “The world is degenerating, men’s spirit is declining and they are becoming indistinguishable from women. I’ve definitively concluded this from medical practice”."

From what I'm reading. Absolute kek at this /pol/ discourse from medieval japan. Le degeneracy, le gays and whores, le men losing masculinity. Things truly never change.