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From: clauzon@watarts.UUCP (Cecilia Lauzon)
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Subject: Re: Cultural Standards
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Date: Mon, 24-Dec-84 15:29:57 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 24 15:29:57 1984
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I'm posting the following for ..!utzoo!oscvax!carlo.  

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>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.