On Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at 2:11:33 PM UTC-5, Uminchu wrote:
> Please say it isn't so! I hear that it is common in Japan for mothers to
> perform oral sex on their sons who are "at that age" in order to not be
> distracted from their schoolwork. That is one of the "sickest" things I've
> heard, but the people who I heard it from didn't think it was sick, just the
> way things are, like some cultures who eat dogs & cats. When I asked my wife
> about it, she said that she heard such things as well, but doesn't know how
> "common" it is. She's never known anyone to admit such things, even if it
> were true. She says it's not something Japanese would openly discuss, unlike
> the sickos in America who would go on daytime TV shows (like Jerry Springer)
> to tell everyone about their sickness. I was shocked to hear such things,
> especially since I have such high regard for the Japanese culture (that
> reminds me of the day my Korean barber told me "Dog meat taste very good."
> 
> Does this really happen? How "common" is it? And what other types of incest
> happen there? Why is it not considered "shocking" news?
> 
> Uminchu / naive and disillusioned