Asia Finest Discussion Forum > Kagema and Male Prostitution

Suijen

Nov 20 2005, 08:14 PM

Here's an interesting article I found in wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagema

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Kagema (陰間) were young male prostitutes in Edo-era Japan whose clients were largely adult men.

Some kagema were kabuki actors who moonlighted as prostitutes. For them, the stage frequently became an opportunity to advertise their charms, and audiences frequently became rowdy, and brawls occasionally broke out, over the favours of a particularly handsome young actor. This led, in part, to the shogunate to clamping down on kabuki in 1652.

I didn't realize that homosexuality was even tolerated back then.

Adee

Nov 20 2005, 08:20 PM

Homosexuality was not a taboo in ancient Japan. Some with China.

shashoujian

Nov 20 2005, 08:20 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shudo

supernovasp

Nov 20 2005, 08:24 PM

http://www.androphile.org/

xXADoBOXx

Nov 23 2005, 01:02 AM

QUOTE (Suijen @ Nov 20 2005, 08:14 PM)

Here's an interesting article I found in wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagema

QUOTE

Kagema (陰間) were young male prostitutes in Edo-era Japan whose clients were largely adult men.

Some kagema were kabuki actors who moonlighted as prostitutes. For them, the stage frequently became an opportunity to advertise their charms, and audiences frequently became rowdy, and brawls occasionally broke out, over the favours of a particularly handsome young actor. This led, in part, to the shogunate to clamping down on kabuki in 1652.

I didn't realize that homosexuality was even tolerated back then.

Think of Japan back then as a gay friendly country, like Greece and all the Greko Civs back then (200-500 B.C was even thought Alexander the great was a homosexual) it was very common during those era, in Japan though traces of it was still common during mid and late 1800's it was thought thatrelationship with another make warior was much more pure than a women (also the mindset of the Spartans it was also thought in the time when persian empire invaded greece outnumbered Spartans did each other before going off to battle as some sort of remembrance of brave warrior)

noneother

Nov 23 2005, 04:10 AM

WTF!

corky

Nov 23 2005, 04:12 AM

QUOTE (Suijen @ Nov 21 2005, 08:14 AM)

Here's an interesting article I found in wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagema

QUOTE

Kagema (陰間) were young male prostitutes in Edo-era Japan whose clients were largely adult men.

Some kagema were kabuki actors who moonlighted as prostitutes. For them, the stage frequently became an opportunity to advertise their charms, and audiences frequently became rowdy, and brawls occasionally broke out, over the favours of a particularly handsome young actor. This led, in part, to the shogunate to clamping down on kabuki in 1652.

I didn't realize that homosexuality was even tolerated back then.

go back far enough in history and everyone was backward(literally)

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Suijen

Nov 23 2005, 02:18 PM

The pansy boy servants have less balls than a line.

Musiclover

Nov 27 2005, 12:21 PM

interesting.

Temujin

Nov 27 2005, 12:53 PM

QUOTE (corky @ Nov 23 2005, 05:12 AM)

go back far enough in history and everyone was backward(literally)

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of course, a male prostitute thread and I find you here. whatever floats your boat man.

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corky

Nov 28 2005, 12:57 AM

QUOTE (Temujin @ Nov 28 2005, 12:53 AM)

QUOTE (corky @ Nov 23 2005, 05:12 AM)

go back far enough in history and everyone was backward(literally)

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of course, a male prostitute thread and I find you here. whatever floats your boat man.

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Why do pedophiles love Halloween?
Free delivery.

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2 LMAO you idiot if being here means you are a male prostitute(the logic you uised above)) then you also are...you fu-king moron

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Zezei

Nov 28 2005, 06:49 AM

homosexuality was something decadent and for the elite back then in China.

as well as those pretty boys back then. Aimei nanren they were called.

PervertBurger

Nov 28 2005, 10:37 AM

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Crystallised Dream

Dec 1 2005, 09:13 PM

Does it still exist today?

RainbowBrite

Dec 1 2005, 09:34 PM

Homosexuality in ancient Japan? Why, the very subject itself is so taboo. Of course, only Christians would have a real problem with it. There's no God in China or Japan telling people that homosexuality is wrong so naturally those guys have no problems with it. Honestly, we're supposed to be an advanced society better than our predecessors. How can homosexuality be a problem in any society these days?