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As soon as a Western man comes into contact with the East -- he's already confused. The West has sort of an international rape mentality towards the East. ...Basically, 'Her mouth says no, but her eyes say yes.' The West thinks of itself as masculine -- big guns, big industry, big money -- so the East is feminine -- weak, delicate, poor...but good at art, and full of inscrutable wisdom -- the feminine mystique. Her mouth says no, but her ey..
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For the myths of the East, the myths of the West, the myths of men, and the myths of women--these have so saturated our consciousness that truthful contact between nations and lovers can only be the result of heroic effort.
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But is it possible for a woman to be too uninhibited, too willing, so as to seem almost too... masculine?
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Happiness is so rare that our mind can turn somersaults to protect it.
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