[Gay State Conservative]

In the 60’s my Dad used to travel regularly to Japan to buy parts for the product he helped make.There are a couple of pictures of my Dad and several of his subordinates with a number of Japanese guys and several geishas.My Mom was furious but my Dad tried to explain to her that nothing untoward happened.She couldn't understand that it was an ancient Japanese tradition and that they weren't “ladies of easy virtue”.

[lee martell]

So Madame Butterfly was only interested in making tea and keeping the house swept clean? Okay. I guess she just really liked her job. There was the implication in those Arias that their relationship was far more ‘evolved’ than just boss and maidservant, but that’s Hollywood for you, glitz and glamour.

[gaijin]

Actually paying to be entertained by a geisha…..

1. Means you’re rich

2. You have access to the expense account of a large company

3. You’re sort of a “playa”

4. You almost certainly had no sex at all

PS - Most “geisha” are actually MAIKO, a geisha apprentice.

Their world is extremely hierarchical and arduous.