I have to agree. My daddy was stationed in Japan when I was 1-3 yrs old. I was back as part of the USA and & Chorus & it was still the same. My brother was born there. It IS the same way today as it HAS been for CENTURIES. They are not ashamed of their bodies.
sILVER bELLE > Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:07:06 -0700 > Subject: Re: The NEW look in Japan... > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > > The Japanese are NOT infected with the American Puritan Ethic (APE). > When I lived there, outside of Hiroshima, they had a bathroom in > public places, movie theaters, etc. Note I used the singular. > Everyone went to the same room and there were no doors on the stalls. > You would squat over a porcelain lined hole in the floor and empty > your bowels. If you were a man and needed only to urinate you stood > in front of a tiled wall with a pipe at the top spraying it while you > did the same. The public baths did have separate dressing areas where > you would put your clothes in a basket and then enter the large bath > area, face the wall and sit on a short stool and wash and rinse off > with a small bowl that you could fill as many times as you needed to. > No showers. When you were finished, you would turn and face towards > the bath which was a huge circle with steps. Women on one side, men > on the other facing each other. The children could sit on the top > step. You would sit as far down as was comfortable. When you started > to overheat, you would sit on a higher step. Nudity is not equated > with sexuality there as it is here. The same goes for much of Europe. > And this was during the time when many women and some men still wore > the kimono. > Those of you with APE infected minds need to learn to get over it. > > _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that’s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
