Social problem -Japan
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Social problem?
Oh the public part.
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what is the issue? Save us having to watch the annoying, time-grabbing video
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Seems to be prostitution?
The takeaway for me was that there seem to be these male hosts who work at host clubs, and that these male hosts seek out young, gullible, lonely female victims (such as those who have moved from the countryside into downtown Tokyo). The male host showers the inexperienced and lonely young woman with attention on the first “date” but then finally reveals he’s working in a host club and just needs a little bit of help from her to get by at work… if she could just please visit the host club and ask for him, then that will help his rankings at work, and once he reaches rank #1, he can finally be free and have a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with the victim. All lies, of course – to spend time with the chosen host, initially the cost is low but increases over time to thousands of dollars per session. Through skilled psychological manipulation, the host manages to convince the victim (through continued emotional attention and empty promises) that their exclusive boyfriend-girlfriend relationship is just around the corner – just a few more paid sessions with the host, and then he’ll finally be free. Once the victim realizes she’s been scammed and is in debt, with no way to repay the debt, the host then kindly suggests a way for her to pay off the debt – by working the street.
For whatever reason, the video says that this phenomenon (of young women falling for these male hosts, getting into debt, then working off that debt on the street) seems to be mainly limited to Japan. Apparently, these male host clubs are very popular and media outlets seem to glamorize the male hosts, making them desirable to the victims.
I suppose the societal problem starts with the glamorization by the media of the hosts, which hides the underlying manipulative business model and contributes to drawing women into the scam. In some way, this glamorization problem by the media seems related to the sexual abuse scandal by a famous talent agency in Japan, which the Japanese media ignored for decades, instead choosing to glamorize the talent agency, until due to international pressure and a BBC documentary, the Japanese media was finally compelled this year to openly document the decades-long history of abuse.
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