Is Denji really a creep? (Chainsaw Man) | Video Essay

Anime Analyses and Critiques

SPOILERS FOR CHAINSAW MAN MANGA/ANIME

Can you spot the p3rvert? Today I discuss My Hero Academia’s Mineta and Chainsaw Man’s Denji in regards to their status as creeps. I also elaborate on the impact women’s objectification in media can have on our attitudes and beliefs.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:41 Section 1: Mineta & Sexual Coercion in Media
9:38 Section 2: Denji & Understanding Sexuality in Media
20:15 SPOILER WARNING FOR CHAINSAW MAN CH. 127 + 128
22:58 Conclusion

Sources I read for this video:
Alexopoulos, C. and Cingel, D.P., 2023. Sexual Consent on Television: Differing Portrayal Effects on Adolescent Viewers. Archives of Sexual Behavior, pp.1-16.
Argüello‐Gutiérrez, C., Cubero, A., Fumero, F., Montealegre, D., Sandoval, P. and Smith‐Castro, V., 2023. I'm just joking! Perceptions of sexist humour and sexist beliefs in a Latin American context. International Journal of Psychology, 58(2), pp.91-102.
Brummert, J.E., 1999. Sexual Harassment—a Primetime TV Laughing Matter. Journal of Individual Employment Rights, 8(2).
Petersson, C.C. and Plantin, L., 2019. Breaking with norms of masculinity: Men making sense of their experience of sexual assault. Clinical Social Work Journal, 47(4), pp.372-383.
Reysen, S., Katzarska-Miller, I., Plante, C.N., Roberts, S.E. and Gerbasi, K.C., 2017. Examination of anime content and associations between anime consumption, genre preferences, and ambivalent sexism. The Phoenix Papers, 3(1), pp.285-303.
Taylor, J., 2020. Sexual violence in the media: Portrayals and prevention.
Welch, L., 2021. Use of external characters to portray inappropriate sexual behavior in workplace comedies.
Yao, M.Z., Mahood, C. and Linz, D., 2010. Sexual priming, gender stereotyping, and likelihood to sexually harass: Examining the cognitive effects of playing a sexually-explicit video game. Sex roles, 62, pp.77-88.


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