Is Naked Sushi Good For Society?

seamaxnews.com | 11/18/03 | mike vallillo

[mikevallillo]

There is a controversy brewing over in Seattle, Washington, where activists of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum are protesting over a restaurant/nightclub called Bonzai.

The president of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, Cherry Cayabyab, said, “It's dehumanizing, the manner in which people are buying and selling sushi to be eaten off a woman's body. It's dehumanizing to be treated as a plate."

She went on to say that if the club persisted, there would be a country wide campaign to try and close it down. The naked sushi dinner is not a nightly thing. It actually on happens once per month. There are however, restaurants that do cater nightly meals like this.

These restaurants are in New York and Los Angeles. This was actually an art form of dinning that began in Japan and had spread to New York. After the unbelievable success of the New York restaurant, another one had opened in LA. This brings us to our current dilemma.

To get in the club, there is a $5 cover charge and patrons buy drinks and go through their choices of sushi. 7 models work on 30 minute shifts. Chef/Owner, Jun Hong, and promoter, Cheresa Nemitz, had said that there are strict and enforced rules towards the model that include respect for the model, no talking to her, and no hooting or yelling.

Critics at the university Women’s Center are still crying out to the public and the media that it promotes violence towards women. Norma Timbang, executive director of the Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center, complains that, “It provides a forum to see a human being as an object -- and when women are viewed as objects, they are more likely to be violated.”

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Probably "invented" in Hawaii and called Japanese.

[Hodar]

After a good rousing hypocritical march on this resturant, I would encourage the protesters to then meet at the local strip club for dessert, refreshment and exchanging dollar bills.

[John Beresford Tipton]

Yes, smells like...tuna?

[Prof Engineer]

Visually? Sure

[ken5050]

Well, as one who is not a sushi devotee...if I I had to choose between eating a "naked" lady or "fugu".. (blowfish!!....LOL)....it's a no brainer

[ASA Vet]

It's dehumanizing, the manner in which people are buying and selling sushi to
be eaten off a woman's body. It's dehumanizing to be treated as a plate."

Simple solution Miss Cherry, if you feel that way, don't do it, and don't go where it's done.

MYOB

[mattdono]

Is Naked Sushi Good For Society?

It's hard to really tell without pictures. 8^)

[jacket]

if the models want to do it, who care.. i'd like a spicy tuna handroll

[trebb]

It's dehumanizing to be treated as a plate

Translation: "I'm too fat and ugly and smelly for someone to eat off of me, so I don't want any of the pretty girls to profit from being pretty."

[gcruse]

Was it Margaret Thatcher who said, "There is no such thing as society. There are just individual people."? People have rights to own businesses and entertain themselves consensually. Society has no rights.

[HamiltonJay]

Hmmm... is that the sushi I smell, or is one of the serving plates cycling.... HMMM...

[deannadurbin]

Sounds unsanitary. Eating off strange women. Ahem. Who knows what diseases they might have? Sounds like the feminist organizations could shut it down on hygiene issues alone.

[Freemyland]

"It's dehumanizing to be treated as a plate."

Well, that's what's great about the good ol' USA. Those of us who agree that it's dehumanizing to be treated as a plate have the choice to decide not to be treated as a plate. Thos of us who have no problems with being treated as a plate are free to do so.

[isthisnickcool]

Anyone got a tooth pick?

I seem to have a coiple of hairs caught in my teeth.....

[poet]

"It's dehumanizing"

Hmm, let me see, the female models are being Forced to do this? Who's de-humanizing women, the idea or the model's participation in the idea?

"the manner in which people are buying and selling sushi"

There's a pun waiting in the wings, however, I will refrain.

"It's dehumanizing to be treated as a plate."

It's the best design of a plate I've ever seen.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Cayabyab

Damn, that is one funny name!

[ItsOurTimeNow]

There's a crab joke in here somewhere.

[Texas Federalist]

Can you get kicked out for licking the plate?

[Mike Darancette]

Yes, smells like...tuna?

How can you tell when the fish has gone bad?