In the 12th annual event of its kind, nine Japanese porn actresses rolled up their T-shirts in Tokyo last weekend and let their fans cop a feel for a minimum donation to fight Aids, raising tens of thousabds of US dollars in a 24-hour televised squeeze-a-thon. Story here.
The cost of living in Japan is similar to that in the U.S., with the cost of housing being rather higher on a per-square-metre basis. (And as a result the average Japanese person lives in smaller apartment than the average American.) So 1,000 yen is very similar to $10 as an expense.
I’ve found Tokyo to be a little cheaper than New York City but still expensive, up there with some of the larger US cities. $10 is a pretty small amount there.
Surely we Americans can do them one better? I propose we gather up a bunch of U.S. male porn stars and stage a benefit to Beat Off Testicular Cancer, at maybe a buck a wank.
Think of it this way: $10 is a bit more than the hourly minimum wage. Now just think of how many strangers you could let fondle you in an hour. It adds up pretty quickly.