A woman in Japan was allegedly arrested for breaking obscenity laws while crowdfunding for a 3D-printed “Pussy Boat.”
Japanese artist Rokudenashiko, whose real name is Megumi Igarashi, was crowdfunding her dream of making a kayak that was shaped like her vagina when she was reportedly arrested for breaking an obscenity law.
The 42-year-old allegedly broke Japanese obscenity laws by sending 3D printer data of her scanned vagina through email to over 30 people.
Those who contributed to the "Pussy Boat" crowdfunding project could get 3D scanned data of Rokudenashiko's privates.
She was arrested based on a law in Japan that makes it illegal to sell, distribute, or display “obscene objects.”
In Japan women's privates are not typically spoken about, so Rokudenashiko hopes to demistify female privates 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,” she explained. “I wanted to make the vagina more ‘casual’."
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