"Ladies comics," a genre of sexually explicit Japanese manga magazines produced for women and by women, were thought to revolutionary because they portray women having free sexuality outside of marriage. Other types of sexual expression outside marriage have traditionally been seen as socially unacceptable. However, semiotic analyses of this genre of manga demonstrates that what they depict is womens double consciousness; believing something against their own interests. In these popular manga women characters are typically portrayed as enjoying being raped, adultery, and even being...