Geisha (芸者) are beautiful kimono adorned entertainers from Japan who perform arts such as traditional dances and music related..... They are women with grace, subtlety and poise... Maiko (young geisha entertainers) are taught to entertain and please their patrons with their artistic and feminine mannerisms who grow to be the beautiful Geisha's who have won zillions of hearts with their beauty and demeanor...What many don't know and understand is the inner turmoil these women go through...
Geisha's are lonesome and fragile maiko's discarded out of their homes due to poverty.... Being a girl child, in olden days, Geisha's did not have many options but to turn to their profession or be left to die .....Slowly as she became of age,her 'mizuage' -'virginity' would be auctioned amongst thousands and she would be taken by one who would be her patron all her life....After the world war, Japan discontinued this practice but many privately performed such acts for survival....
How sad and unfortunate not to be able to think for yourself and to please others all your lives... I strongly disagree calling women; escorts or sex workers... Though there is grounds of commonality between Geisha's and them as each has a story to tell and a past they would rather leave behind never to cross paths with again... These women as wonderful as they are within, are treated with cruelty and looked down upon all their lives... yes, they harden up and show no emotions to the world, but does that mean that they have lost their soul and mind in giving up their lives to be who they are today....
Geisha'ism and Prostitution are innuendos many have pointed fingers at and many who have given it the pride of place... one can have copious discussions on this topic, but search within your heart the answer to what you would do if you were made one in dire circumstances .. I leave you with this thought and hope that never again would you demean a women, no matter what roots she has because she was brought into this world to spread happiness in any given form.....
Geisha's are lonesome and fragile maiko's discarded out of their homes due to poverty.... Being a girl child, in olden days, Geisha's did not have many options but to turn to their profession or be left to die .....Slowly as she became of age,her 'mizuage' -'virginity' would be auctioned amongst thousands and she would be taken by one who would be her patron all her life....After the world war, Japan discontinued this practice but many privately performed such acts for survival....
How sad and unfortunate not to be able to think for yourself and to please others all your lives... I strongly disagree calling women; escorts or sex workers... Though there is grounds of commonality between Geisha's and them as each has a story to tell and a past they would rather leave behind never to cross paths with again... These women as wonderful as they are within, are treated with cruelty and looked down upon all their lives... yes, they harden up and show no emotions to the world, but does that mean that they have lost their soul and mind in giving up their lives to be who they are today....
Geisha'ism and Prostitution are innuendos many have pointed fingers at and many who have given it the pride of place... one can have copious discussions on this topic, but search within your heart the answer to what you would do if you were made one in dire circumstances .. I leave you with this thought and hope that never again would you demean a women, no matter what roots she has because she was brought into this world to spread happiness in any given form.....
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