How Sex is Confused with Food in the West
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/ppc.28417Keywords:
metaphor, western values, popular culture, food and sexAbstract
Looks at the Western penchant for confusing food with sex, and vice versa -- the Western trope that the sensation of eating is like that of having sex or, indeed, that the pleasurable feeling one gets from eating good food equals that of experiencing an orgasm and contrasts this with Chinese culture.
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