Japan, itself is advancing quick and becoming more modernize year by year. Although it may be advancing quickly it is still holding onto its’ traditional roots and roles that is played between women and men. One can get such glimpse of this when going to Kyoto in Goin, the Geisha district.
Geisha are known to be masters of arts as well as entertainers. They are taught to be the best the host that there is. As a result, playing role of ” Ideal Japanese women.” Whatever these men wished the Geisha would do, sing, dance. talk, and drink. They are the one who pour the tea and wine , serve the food and engaging conversation in a polite manger. Thus implying a male dominance society and the norms of a Japanese women.
But on the hand, in Numba in Osaka there is a reversal of roles that is being played the men. Men are now the Geisha, and the Geisha are now the men. These men are called Host, their main goal is to make their client achieve their dream relationship. Like the Geisha are excepted to make polite conversation, pour the drinks, serve food. They are also excepted to dress their best and impress as many women they can. Although they are there to charm the women, and pour their drinks they come at price.
The world of Japan there are old traditions that are held within Goin, and host in Numba playing a womanly role thus giving their client who are women, power over them, or it may seem so.
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Gender roles
Geisha
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Time Article on Host Club
I like your pictures in GION and NAMBA. But your text is pretty general and doesn’t really provide any new or different information from the films we saw in class.