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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 248940, member: 2844"]Just an explanation, the geisha profession evolved from simple prostitution into a sophisticated relationship with male clients. In the 19th century geishas were educated worldly women who could entertain men with music, dance and conversation. Ideally a geisha would be free to decide if she wanted to have sex with her clients, although formally she was not employed to do that. In practice she didn't always have that choice.</p><p><br /></p><p>A 'geisha girl' was a simple prostitute for American GIs. She was much worse of than official geishas.</p><p>During the post-war occupation of Japan, many Japanese women and young girls were approached as 'geisha girls' by GIs, which was not only offensive, but sometimes downright dangerous to the women and girls.</p><p>It is unlikely a Japanese porcelain manufacturer would make lithophanes of geisha girls.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 248940, member: 2844"]Just an explanation, the geisha profession evolved from simple prostitution into a sophisticated relationship with male clients. In the 19th century geishas were educated worldly women who could entertain men with music, dance and conversation. Ideally a geisha would be free to decide if she wanted to have sex with her clients, although formally she was not employed to do that. In practice she didn't always have that choice. A 'geisha girl' was a simple prostitute for American GIs. She was much worse of than official geishas. During the post-war occupation of Japan, many Japanese women and young girls were approached as 'geisha girls' by GIs, which was not only offensive, but sometimes downright dangerous to the women and girls. It is unlikely a Japanese porcelain manufacturer would make lithophanes of geisha girls.[/QUOTE]
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