/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Reminder that if your oshi didn't stream today, don't worry! She's a normal human and not a kitsune out to seduce you! Trust the ancient Japanese on this one.

"To further complicate the matter, a sexually inactive woman could also be considered to be abnormal. Morris writes, ‘virgins were unusual in well-born families… it was firmly believed that any girl who remained virgin for long had been possessed by an evil spirit’. While people believed in possession, transforming foxes and tengu, it is unclear how often people were accused of being unhuman due to sexual apathy. If frequently, then people everywhere would surely have made certain they were seen to have a lover from fear of condemnation."

https://newvoices.org.au/volume-3/things-that-are-near-though-distant-extramarital-affairs-in-heian-period-japan/