From: jcliu@four-lab4.Berkeley.EDU (James C. Liu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Pheromones and Nihon Otoko (was Re: yellow cabs")
Date: 28 Dec 1992 18:21:28 GMT
Organization: UC Berkeley Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
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In article <4534@sicsun.epfl.ch> YONEZAWA Tetsu writes:

  >We, Japanese boys, cannot understant why but they,
  >some Japanese girls, say that we are less attractive
  >than foreigners.  (We don't say "I love you" so much,
  >we aren't strong....and so on.)

IMO, it's your sweat dude.  Foreigners, especially Americans eat more 
animal protein. :-)  They may also possess higher testosterone levels
which combined produce badder smelling body odour (BO) but also more 
musk in their sweat.  Ever wonder why the prettiest and sexiest girls 
in high school usually went for the athletes?  Most of them had real bad
BO, weren't very smart (sorry for the stereotype, jocks out there :-)),
and would probably end up flipping burgers for the rest of their lives.

Girls who are hot on the sex path, especially the young ones, are 
attracted to the meat-eater guys with high testosterone levels who
put out the most musk even though they have badder BO.  IMO, women have 
similar scent secretions, especially in the regions around the neck and 
small of the back.  Whenever a girl with mid-length or long hair sits
close to a guy, teases her hair and shakes it around, she's releasing
those scents that have evaporated off her neck and gotten into her
hair.  A very effective tactic.

But alas, the average Japanese guy could also benefit from some good
romantic training.  Your scent is just one factor in your
attractiveness.  If you don't have the right pheromones 8-), feel free
to substitute with a diluted splash of after shave coupled with a
bouquet of flowers.  I recommend a cologne with has more "musk" and less
citrus...(that's right guys...no more English Leather and Old Spice...)
IMO, Christian Dior Fahrenheit is a safe bet and Ralph Lauren has a 
good one but I forget the name...Just don't over do it on the cologne.

The next step is in HANDLING women. Ever watch the last train from
Shibuya which heads back toward Setagaya-Ku?  Around midnight, all the
dates are hugging and kissing good-bye in the station.  A little
"dakishimete" training is in order.  Japanese TV just doesn't do justice
to the art of embracing a women and it shows in the way Japanese men hug
and kiss their women.  It almost looks like a hug or a kiss for sending
a sister away.  Bzzzt.  Wrong way.  I recommend watching any of the
standard U.S. soap operas for operational training tips.  A guy should be
aware of hand placement, stance, face tilt and pronation, and the
woman's body in relational 3-D space.  C'mon guys.  Most of you on the
net are good with computers and therefore probably decent in math.  A
little CAD/CAM action is in order here! ;-).  The reason why Japanese
women don't think Japanese men are "as strong" is because Japanese men
don't "dakishimeru" in a way which sensualizes her errogenous zones.  If
you do it right, she'll come back for more! ;-).

Then again, what do I know? ;-)

Jaa, James
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