Hours and hours dedicated to the care of the body, clothing, hairstyle, and the rest of the time spent practicing the shamisen, singing, reading poetry.
incredible work exaltation of femininity, physical and intellectual, and all done with the sole purpose to engage male entertainment? But even in the slightest! It is true that in the West the figure of the geisha has always been treated as a woman slavishly subservient to men , especially to a man, known danna (patron translated ) that keeps it in exchange for many "Services". A sort of modern ring or to be more current, escort. But this is a distorted image that is born, probably, during the US-Japan conflict. At that time, in fact, in Japan there was a flourishing of prostitution, as often happens during wars or in the immediate aftermath, an economic activity like any other to rack up some to survive. And so the U.S. military stay there without thinking too much during their encounters with love for a fee believed to spend time with the Geisha.
But the reality of this distant and incomprehensible to us the world is very different. Just look for the translation Geisha to understand the term: gei means art and sha person then the person of art, artist. So why this "woman of art" evokes so much charm, eroticism and a little idea 'of submission to the wicked man? Importantly, in reality, there is no submission, the nature of the relationship with the damn is based on the honor of attending the Geisha and the latter in taking charge of its incredible expense, and this fact alone allows him to gain some personal prestige, not so much to society but rather in his own eyes. Really inexplicable to Western man who, because of some quirk of genetics, much prefers seen in public with a tissue and / or escort (sometimes on payment of a predetermined amount or the promise of some professional or politically appointed ): seems to have become one of the highest aspirations of man "success" today. And you, in all honesty, what would you prefer?
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