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Susie Bright: Memoir from The Floating World
I found an interesting discussion of Japanese and American sexuality in this interview with Susie Bright. I thought I'd share.
http://www.cleansheets.com/coverstories/bright_03.08.06.shtml
selected quotes:
"That's another point Westerners tend to overlook, probably because our culture has tried its best to separate the maternal and sexual natures of women, but the dynamic between a bar owner/hostess/professional dispenser of handjobs and her client very often has strong whiff of mom."
"Being dressed up in kimono (as I was many times as part of my study of traditional Japanese dance) is a very sensual thing, all of these hands wrapping and binding you, pushing scarves into the sash which sits right at breast level. The ladies' side of the public bath is a steamy world of dreams, with all of those naked women languorously soaping their bodies."
"I love your description of how the Japanese don't "come," they "go." I'd love to hear any more Japanese erotic expressions or slang that have captured your imagination....
"In Japanese you only say "come" to refer to movement toward the place where you are located right now. If you were about to visit a friend, you'd say to her, "I'll be going right over in five minutes." I'm not sure if this suggests the Land of Orgasm is an otherworldly, foreign visit for Japanese and a homecoming -- or the end of a race -- for us. It might be interesting to do a comparison of expressions of orgasm the world over in mental geographical terms (a future research project, perhaps!)"
My thanks to Nick Manley(http://lifeloveandliberty.blogspot.com/) for pointing me to this site.
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