Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watarts.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watarts!clauzon From: clauzon@watarts.UUCP (Cecilia Lauzon) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Cultural Standards Message-ID: <8188@watarts.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 15:29:57 EST Article-I.D.: watarts.8188 Posted: Mon Dec 24 15:29:57 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Dec-84 02:38:30 EST Distribution: net Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 25 I'm posting the following for ..!utzoo!oscvax!carlo. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> >I submit the following for your consideration without comment: > From "Falkland Road", a photoessay of the prostitutes of Bombay. > >"Rajeeta is a daring woman. She will do anything for money. She even once >went with a woman. But she will never ever kiss a man on the lips." > > (N.B.: To this day, kissing is not shown in Indian movies.) > Are you trying to show cultural differences between India and the Western World (which I would assume from the subject line)? If so, I refer you to a book called "Hookers, Rounders, and Desk Clerks". This book is a sociological study of prostitutes, hustlers, and those that they interact with in North American society. In it, they state that one of the most repulsive things to a prostitute is kissing their 'client'. The reason for this is that kissing is regarded as tender by the prostitutes, while all of their sexual actions are not. They are selling their services but not their souls. Kissing their clients would create a bond that would be too strong and too personal between them. In that sense, Rajeeta in Bombay is no different from Janet from Detroit.