1.9 Lessons for a Sex Worker

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9: A Change

It seems to Kimi only she is harassed and insulted. Nothing she does is without criticism: always a mistake on the shamisen, a wrong pitch of singing voice, an incorrect step in dance interrupted by Oto’s words, “Clumsy fool!”

One day Oto is supervising a flower arranging session. A lotus stalk has to be placed at exact angle and position. Kimi practiced this arrangement and is sure of it. Under Oto’s watchful eyes she presses in a lotus blossom stalk 75⁰ left off vertical but Oto pulls it out and repositions it 60⁰ right. “Your flower arranging is as graceful as a sumo wrestler. Do it right or we will be here all day!”

  Kimi’s mind goes blank. Later, all she recalls is the overturned flowerpot, the lotus stalks strewn about, the water spilled and soaking Oto’s kimono, and herself in tears and beating tabletop with fists, screaming. When she comes to her senses, Oto still sits across from her. Woman and girl gaze at each other silently. Oto takes a kerchief from her sleeve. “Dry your eyes and go lie down.”

A change occurs in Oto which gives insight into her teaching. Her criticism is less harsh. Kimi becomes her confidante.

  One evening, weeks later and alone in Oto’s study, she abruptly asks Kimi, “Do you ever feel bodily pleasure?”

   Unfamiliar with the phrase, Kimi shows surprise.

  “You must learn.” Oto takes a book from nearby shelf and opens it to a page. Kimi suppresses giggles at the male sex organ – one soft hanging, the other stiffly erect.

  “You can make a man's stand up by simply being in his presence and showing him – by your fragrance, way of dressing, talk, touch –  you are available to satisfy. And satisfying is easy.”

She takes down a glossy black box. Opening it, she takes out hand-painted silk handkerchiefs. Explanation is not needed. Each shows an ancient court woman in a sexual act. Kimi had not realized the many positions used for sex. She is most surprised at the one with a man in the act of putting his sex into the back hole of the woman.

  “How can it fit?”

  “It fits once you learn to relax, but until then it hurts. A client may desire it, and the professional who wishes to get rich should say yes but require him to pay triple for his perverse pleasure.”

  Kimi looks at the picture of a woman mouthing a man’s sex. She asks. “How does it taste?”

  “Old men, a little bitter; youth, a little sweet. But a professional should not show her preference.”

  “Do we have to swallow?”

  “After the man climaxes wait till his spasms cease. Swallow his juice only if he requests it and is willing to pay.”

  Kimi looks at the picture of a woman lying on her back, gown pulled above waist and fingering her own sex.

  “What is that?"

  “Woman’s best friend: Herself. We really do not need others; we are our own best! Have you never enjoyed that?”

  “No.” Kimi says untruthfully.

  “By learning to pleasure yourself you dispense with the need for others and you may concentrate on getting good paying clients. If you allow yourself to be pleasured by a client, you lose control. And control is what counts in our profession. But it is hard to convince girls of that.”
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