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That the Gothloli is not willing to enter the adult world is both
symbolised in her image as the Perpetual Child and signified by her actual
behaviour. The Gothloli would rather play with dolls than take on the duty
of raising a real child. And she would rather play at tea parties, to be served
tea and pretty cakes or make-believe she is serving tea to her dollies, than to
be a real tea lady – a servant, or the server to men – another traditional
status for the Woman in Japan.
Therefore I am venturing further to say that, not only does the
Gothloli reject the adult world, she rebels against it and, as such, the
Japanese Lolita movement represents a new feminism, one that is
constructed by the feminine, whereby Lolita reclaims her power and
becomes the controlling force. This will be the crux of this chapter.
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