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Sayuri in Memoirs of a Geisha: my virginity got sold to a gross man in a ceremony called mizuage

Mineko Iwasaki: I asked Mama Masako if I was supposed to ask my customers to pay for the mizuage ceremony. She laughed and said “What are you talking about? I have raised you to be an independent, professional woman. We don’t need men to help with this.”