Quote from Alex_in_Oz:
I'll never forget being invited to the American Chamber of Commerce once. The women/wives seemed to be all cast from the same mold ie ugly,fat, dumpy, double chinned, excessive make-up. I could not understand why they commanded such loyalty from their husbands, it was really wierd!

Quote from trendo:
The song isn't literally about American females. There's some good info on it in Wikipedia. The "woman" the song refers to is the Statue of Liberty.
Quote from Alex_in_Oz:
Thanks! You reminded me of something I've forgotten about. In Japanese 'culture' it is almost accepted that a married man will have a mistress. Most of my work colleagues had a mistress and they arranged one for me too!
I didn't "partake in her offerings" mainly because I felt a sense of
loyalty to my wife but I did meet her in bars in Tokyo and we went out regularly and used to discover little country towns and Buddhist temples and stuff together. She became a close friend of mine, still is!
Can you imagine an American/British/Australian wife allowing this?

Alex, your wife not only knew about this other woman but allowed you to meet with her?Quote from Alex_in_Oz:
Thanks! You reminded me of something I've forgotten about. In Japanese 'culture' it is almost accepted that a married man will have a mistress. Most of my work colleagues had a mistress and they arranged one for me too!
I didn't "partake in her offerings" mainly because I felt a sense of
loyalty to my wife but I did meet her in bars in Tokyo and we went out regularly and used to discover little country towns and Buddhist temples and stuff together. She became a close friend of mine, still is!
Can you imagine an American/British/Australian wife allowing this?
so this is irrelevant