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What’s Japan’s Problem With Vaginas?

Art or Pornography?

Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi’s vagina kayak is considered obscene, but an annual penis festival is a family event. What’s the deal?

Artist Megumi Igarashi—known in her home country of Japan as Rokudenashiko ("the good for nothing girl")—is currently awaiting trial for obscenity charges related to selling a 3-D model of her vagina.

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