Radical difference between East and West regarding relationships and marriage

[TuskCracker]

Japanese relation to sex

There is a kind a tacit understanding between spouse that after 10 years of marriage (loveless anyway) and a few children, the man is free to satisfy his libido somewhere else. That is why the sex industry is so prosperous in Japan.

Male literature in combini is 90% porn and everyone reads it openly (and shamelessly) anywhere. Even serios newspapers have their pink pages. This is just beyound belief for Westerners first visiting Japan.

In the age of AIDS, isn't this seen as not good. And then the cost of this, hostess bars, and such.
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[Silverpoint]

In the age of AIDS, isn't this seen as not good. And then the cost of this, hostess bars, and such.

Actually it's total crap. The first poster is living in some kind of fantasy world.