Shingami Hiroshi
If we are analysing Reisen, wouldn't he be showing sighns of Reaction formation, his out rage of lolicon be a reacted cover up of his desire of it? Sublimation would suggest he is actually doing something productive, such as making lolicon for the rest of us. I guess you could always claim denial since all psychological defense mechnaism stems from that one.
Indeed, reaction formation is quite possible. Sublimation seems more plausible to me, but the possibilities are endless; identification with the aggresor could be another candidate. By the way, the outcome of the sublimation process can be anything that isn't socially rejected, not only "productive" stuff. About the denial thing, you're mixing up denial and repression.
Shingami Hiroshi
while that may be true to some degree, I don't think its as simple as you are putting it.
It isn't. But explaining it here, on its full complexity, would need insane amounts of time and effort, so I just try to keep it as simple as possible. sweatdrop
