A restaurant in China was using two university students to serve sushi upon. The China Daily...
China's State Administration of Industry and Commerce issued a notice this weekend banning meals served on naked bodies, officially canceling the service offered by a restaurant in southwestern China that served sushi on unclothed female university students, a Beijing newspaper reported Sunday.
The Saturday pronouncement forbids the service because it "insults people's moral quality," according to the Beijing Times. Serving food on women's bodies also "spreads commercial activity with poor culture," the paper said, citing the administration's notice.
Hmm. Naked women immoral or objectification of body bad?
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This reminds me of the 80s trend of having mermaids sitting in pools at the parties of the wealthy. It's a way of showing that you are so wealthy you can pay people to do really humiliating and uncomfortable things.
i think the next step is to get over that old "cannibalism" stigma and go ahead and eat the naked university students. "the sexualization of meat," etc.
While I understand why people would condemn this practice as simply a means to humiliate and degrade women, this is simply not so. Nyotaimori - improperly labeled as "naked sushi,� is a traditional, unique form of Japanese art. I find that people have a natural intolerance to anything provocative. There is no embracing of this cultural artistic concept. Those who disagree with something as beautiful as Nyotaimori should be just as offended by the Venus de Mailo or of depictions of Aphrodite. This is not some barbaric Japanese practice where horny guys get to eat of hookers and the promotion of such ideas is treacherous to Japan's cultural identity.
While I understand why people would condemn this practice as simply a means to humiliate and degrade women, this is simply not so. Nyotaimori - improperly labeled as "naked sushi,� is a traditional, unique form of Japanese art. I find that people have a natural intolerance to anything provocative. There is no embracing of this cultural artistic concept. Those who disagree with something as beautiful as Nyotaimori should be just as offended by the Venus de Mailo or of depictions of Aphrodite. This is not some barbaric Japanese practice where horny guys get to eat of hookers and the promotion of such ideas is treacherous to Japan's cultural identity.