Exotic and Erotic

Hmm...the thoughts that run through my head...

Well, on the way home from the Crown Court yesterday, we headed towards Hounslow to get us some pizza. We passed an indian grocery store by the name of Desi...something...yeah, my memory's been pretty bad lately -_- Anyway, I read their list of goods for the umpteenth time (we pass the shop quite often on our travels), and the last one is "Exotic Foods". Me being me, my brain starts off a word association chain with certain words...in this case "Exotic". So I list off a bunch of Exotic Fruits, like Passion Fruit and Pawpaw, when "Dancing" pops in.

This gets me to thinking, why is it called "Exotic Dancing" and not "Erotic Dancing"? I mean Salsa Dancing isn't considered "Exotic" Dancing, but rather a form of Ballroom Dancing or something. Well, it's socially acceptable. Now now, I know some of you are gonna be exclaiming that not all Exotic Dancing is a form of Erotica...but it's really what everyone understands to mean as Erotic Dancing, since it's what leaps to the mind. If you're gonna throw Whirling Dervish or Shaman Dancing, well most people tend to think of that as a form of Cultural Dancing, rather than Exotic...unless someone went out of their way to use the term and correct the listener on what they meant.

So yeah, Exotic Dancing. Not really Exotic is it, if it really consists of a striptease and a few minor accessories like a pole. I'm not saying its bad, though it is degrading, but really what people choose as their profession is by no means any of my business. Service is the hardest job out there, even if it's fan-service. But going back to my thoughts, there's nothing really Exotic about a scantily-clad person swinging around on a pole while removing bits of clothing; an act that's simply entertainment and takes you to a happy place "down there". I guess it can be considered to provide ample distractions to help take your mind off work, and to help you forget your troubles. Though, not being a guy, you won't find me in a place like that...even if it's for women. I'll be playing games for that kind of therapy.

Hmm...my thoughts on why it's called "Exotic Dancing" kinda root on our society. We're in a time where almost everybody is a closet pervert, even me (as much as I'd like to deny it and say that I'm pure and innocent). Everyone's all uppity about their image, and it just won't do for an upstanding citizen to have a lad's night out and report about it the next day with the following:

"I went out to an Erotic Dancing Club with the guys last night, boy did we have a good time *wink wink*"

That right there people, is an open admission to being a pervert and into very naughty things, and others can only imagine what else this taint upon society has a fetish for. God forbid they be into pornography and masturbation, why that's a one-way ticket to Hell, what one earth would their mother think? If they happen to be of Asian descent, they better apply for a change in identity and plan their "death" because by the time they get home, they'll find their bags on the doorstep and their parents and extended family ready and waiting for them with a ready-to-burn stake.

Yep, that's the time we live in. Come to think of it, society has shunned naughty things for as far back as one can remember. Also, "Exotic" sounds more classy and less sleazy compared to "Erotic" so that there could be another reason.

Hmm...this whole thing has also led me to realise that "Exotic" is one letter away from "Erotic"...go figure.

EDIT: If you're wondering why it says "yesterday", well it was meant to be posted on the 10th as opposed to the 11th, I had the entry all typed out, but forgot about my firewall and had to put it up using my AOL account -_-;;

You can also expect another post today, which some of you may find offensive though I really don't mean it to be. After all, I warned everybody in my disclaimer *points to above*