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Geisha and Sex: Do They or Don't They?

1. The role of geisha and their relationship to sex is complex, as they are neither strictly prostitutes nor devoid of sexual relationships. 2. While geisha derive their livelihood from artistic pursuits like music and dance, they also regularly engage in affairs with patrons and have discretion over their private sexual lives. 3. Modern geisha live independently and are not forced into sexual acts, focusing instead on preserving Japanese traditional arts.

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Geisha and Sex: Do They or Don't They?

1. The role of geisha and their relationship to sex is complex, as they are neither strictly prostitutes nor devoid of sexual relationships. 2. While geisha derive their livelihood from artistic pursuits like music and dance, they also regularly engage in affairs with patrons and have discretion over their private sexual lives. 3. Modern geisha live independently and are not forced into sexual acts, focusing instead on preserving Japanese traditional arts.

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geisha and sex

Do they or dont they?


The question always comes up...just how available is a geisha? Could it be that despite all the talk of art, a geisha really is the worlds most expensive prostitute? Do they really auction their virginity to the highest bidder (as portrayed in Arthur Goldens novel, Memoirs of a Geisha, and vehemently denied by Mineko Iwasaki author of the autobiographical Geisha, A Life?) There is no simple answer. People want to know if sexual favors are part of the job of being a geisha. The best answer is they are and they arent. Geisha regularly have affairs with married men, and can form other sexual liaisons at their own discretion. They do not marry, but they often have children by a patron, or a lover. That said, geisha are paid for their company, not for sex. They derive their actual livelihood from singing, dancing, and chatting with men at banquets. In order to polish their art, they devote much of their private time to lessons in traditional forms of music and dance. They must dress in kimono for work, although not always the full formal geisha costume. If a geisha accepts a man as her patron (danna) he is expected to shell out a large amount of money for the privilege of sponsoring her performances, wardrobe, and lifestyle. There is no doubt that coerced sex and bidding on a new geishas virginity occurred in the period before WWII, the setting of Arthur Goldens novel. After Japan lost the war, geisha dispersed and the profession was in shambles. When they regrouped during the Occupation and began to flourish in the 1960s during Japans postwar economic boom, the geisha world had changed. In modern Japan, girls are not sold into indentured service, nor are they coerced into sexual relations. Nowadays, a geishas sex life is her private affair.

From Japanese Eyes


As Japanese women, the most important social fact about geisha is that they are not wives. Geisha and wives are mutually exclusive categories because of the way womens roles have traditionally been defined in Japan. Wives have always controlled the private sphere of the home and children, while the profession of geisha, for all its exclusivity, came into existence in a space separate both from the private world of the home and the public one of business. Geisha inhabit a space where men get together on neutral territory to socialize. Although geisha are by no means the only women who serve this function they are outnumbered a-thousand-to-one by bar hostesses in Japan todaythis is still one of the two reasons the profession still exists.

Geisha dwell in the most exclusive reaches of Japans mizu shbai, the water business of bars, clubs, and entertainment. What differentiates a geisha from a bar hostess, waitress, dancer, call girl, escort, and other women of the mizu shbai, is her gei, or art. Gei is the other reason geisha continue to exist today. As early as the beginning of the twentieth century geisha began to see that their profession had to change and adapt to new circumstances. The feudal regime under which they had come into being two hundred years earlier was gone. Individually, geisha could no longer count on the largesse of a single wealthy patron to finance their arts. So instead, they gradually went public in a conscious attempt to interest the larger society in their artistic activities. Eventually, the different geisha communities came to present lavish public performances of traditional music, dance, and theater several times a year. Like the dynasties of contemporary Kabuki actors, geisha have come to be recognized in Japan as an expertly trained cadre devoted to the traditional performing arts. Their gei has been transformed into their professional salvation. Since the Japanese are extremely proud of their artistic heritage, geisha have found their niche as curators of highly esteemed genres of music and dance.

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geisha dan seks Apakah mereka atau bukan? Pertanyaannya selalu muncul ... betapa 'yang tersedia' adalah geisha? Mungkinkah bahwa meskipun semua pembicaraan tentang seni, geisha sebenarnya pelacur dunia yang paling mahal? Apakah mereka benar-benar melelang keperawanan kepada penawar tertinggi (seperti yang digambarkan dalam novel Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, dan ditolak keras oleh penulis Iwasaki Mineko dari Geisha otobiografi, A Life?) Tidak ada jawaban sederhana. Orang ingin tahu apakah nikmat seksual adalah bagian dari pekerjaan sebagai geisha. Jawaban terbaik adalah mereka dan mereka tidak. Geisha secara teratur memiliki hubungan dengan pria menikah, dan dapat membentuk penghubung seksual lainnya pada kebijaksanaan mereka sendiri. Mereka tidak menikah, tetapi mereka sering memiliki anak dengan pelindung, atau kekasih. Yang mengatakan, geisha dibayar untuk perusahaan mereka, bukan untuk seks.Mereka memperoleh mata pencaharian mereka yang sebenarnya dari menyanyi, menari, dan mengobrol dengan laki-laki pada perjamuan. Untuk memoles seni mereka, mereka mencurahkan banyak waktu pribadi mereka untuk pelajaran dalam bentuk tradisional musik

dan tari. Mereka harus berpakaian kimono untuk bekerja, meskipun tidak selalu kostum geisha penuh formal. Jika geisha menerima manusia sebagai pelindung nya (danna) ia diharapkan untuk membayar sejumlah besar uang untuk hak istimewa mensponsori penampilannya, lemari pakaian, dan gaya hidup. Tidak ada keraguan bahwa seks paksa dan penawaran pada keperawanan seorang geisha baru terjadi pada periode sebelum Perang Dunia II, pengaturan dari novel Arthur Golden. Setelah Jepang kalah perang, geisha tersebar dan profesi terjadi kekacauan.Ketika mereka bergabung kembali selama Pekerjaan dan mulai berkembang pada tahun 1960 selama boom ekonomi Jepang pasca perang, dunia geisha telah berubah.Di Jepang modern, perempuan tidak dijual ke layanan diwajibkan, mereka juga tidak dipaksa untuk hubungan seksual. Saat ini, kehidupan seks seorang geisha adalah urusan pribadinya. Dari Mata Jepang Sebagai perempuan Jepang, fakta sosial yang paling penting tentang geisha adalah bahwa mereka tidak istri. Geisha dan istri kategori saling eksklusif karena cara peran perempuan secara tradisional telah didefinisikan di Jepang. Istri selalu dikontrol ranah privat dari rumah dan anak-anak, sedangkan profesi geisha, untuk semua eksklusivitas, muncul menjadi ada dalam ruang terpisah baik dari dunia swasta dari rumah dan satu publik bisnis. Geisha menghuni ruang di mana orang berkumpul di wilayah netral untuk bersosialisasi. Meskipun geisha adalah tidak berarti hanya perempuan yang melayani fungsi-mereka kalah jumlah aribu-ke-satu dengan hostes di Jepang hari ini-ini masih salah satu dari dua alasan profesi masih ada. Geisha tinggal dalam mencapai paling eksklusif Jepang mizu Sobai, yang 'air bisnis' bar, klub, dan hiburan. Apa yang membedakan geisha dari nyonya rumah bar, pelayan, penari, gadis panggilan, pendamping, dan wanita lain dari Sobai mizu, adalah gei, atau seni. Gei adalah alasan lain geisha terus ada saat ini. Pada awal awal abad kedua puluh geisha mulai melihat bahwa profesi mereka harus berubah dan beradaptasi dengan keadaan baru. Rezim feodal di mana mereka datang menjadi ada dua ratus tahun sebelumnya sudah pergi. Secara individual, geisha tidak bisa lagi mengandalkan kemurahan sebuah sinetron kaya tunggal untuk membiayai seni mereka. Jadi sebagai gantinya, mereka secara bertahap go public pada sebuah upaya sadar untuk menarik

minat masyarakat yang lebih luas dalam aktivitas artistik mereka. Akhirnya, masyarakat geisha berbeda datang untuk menyajikan pertunjukan publik mewah musik tradisional, tari, dan teater beberapa kali setahun. Seperti 'dinasti' aktor Kabuki kontemporer, geisha telah datang untuk diakui di Jepang sebagai kader ahli terlatih dikhususkan untuk seni pertunjukan tradisional. Gei mereka telah berubah menjadi keselamatan profesional mereka. Karena Jepang sangat bangga dengan warisan artistik mereka, geisha telah menemukan ceruk mereka sebagai kurator genre yang sangat terhormat dari musik dan tari.

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