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These protesters could provide us with early indications of what could happen as society opens later, hopefully in stages. If these protesters get sick in the next two weeks, we will get some confirmation of what our level-headed leaders have been warning against and projecting.
Japan's sex industry could also serve as a useful example.
A Hong Kong news outlet reported on 20 April 2020 (local time):
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/trav...industry-stays-open-amid-pandemic-workers-and
"In Tokyo, the adult entertainment industry is very much built around immediate, face-to-face convenience. Stressed salarymen can pop into a hostess club to chat with a young woman – for a fee – or rent a 40-minute booth in a pinsaro, or oral sex bar, for around 6,000 yen (US$55)."
["In Japan, oral sex is not considered prostitution."]
"Unlike other countries where stricter measures have been enforced, the Japanese government has requested, not told, many businesses to close. This has left sex workers and adult-industry business owners in a “grey zone”: do they stay open and try to maintain clients while risking their health? Or shut entirely and face losses?"
“We’ve been making sure patrons wash and sanitise their hands and clothes before entering the venue,” says Britney Jane, an American in her 20s who has lived in Japan for five years and works at an S&M club in Osaka."
"Yu, 27, from Tokyo, has a friend working at a pinsaro in the city. Most pinsaro comprise a single open room with sectioned-off booths, where clients are serviced by a rotating roster of hosts. Yu says that clients are given nothing more than a wet towelette with which to clean their genitals before the service starts."
“My friend told me she is trying to cut her days back,” she says. “She’s in the upper echelon of girls in the bar, so she has regular clients and the freedom to do that.”
"Some of the newer girls, or girls who moved to Tokyo to make money, aren’t so lucky and have little choice in terms of who they serve."
“Many of those girls who move to Tokyo from elsewhere live in a flat provided by the owner of the bar, which means they do not have a lot of autonomy,” Yu says, adding that their bosses want these more vulnerable girls to work as much as possible."
These protesters could provide us with early indications of what could happen as society opens later, hopefully in stages. If these protesters get sick in the next two weeks, we will get some confirmation of what our level-headed leaders have been warning against and projecting.
Japan's sex industry could also serve as a useful example.
A Hong Kong news outlet reported on 20 April 2020 (local time):
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/trav...industry-stays-open-amid-pandemic-workers-and
"In Tokyo, the adult entertainment industry is very much built around immediate, face-to-face convenience. Stressed salarymen can pop into a hostess club to chat with a young woman – for a fee – or rent a 40-minute booth in a pinsaro, or oral sex bar, for around 6,000 yen (US$55)."
["In Japan, oral sex is not considered prostitution."]
"Unlike other countries where stricter measures have been enforced, the Japanese government has requested, not told, many businesses to close. This has left sex workers and adult-industry business owners in a “grey zone”: do they stay open and try to maintain clients while risking their health? Or shut entirely and face losses?"
“We’ve been making sure patrons wash and sanitise their hands and clothes before entering the venue,” says Britney Jane, an American in her 20s who has lived in Japan for five years and works at an S&M club in Osaka."
"Yu, 27, from Tokyo, has a friend working at a pinsaro in the city. Most pinsaro comprise a single open room with sectioned-off booths, where clients are serviced by a rotating roster of hosts. Yu says that clients are given nothing more than a wet towelette with which to clean their genitals before the service starts."
“My friend told me she is trying to cut her days back,” she says. “She’s in the upper echelon of girls in the bar, so she has regular clients and the freedom to do that.”
"Some of the newer girls, or girls who moved to Tokyo to make money, aren’t so lucky and have little choice in terms of who they serve."
“Many of those girls who move to Tokyo from elsewhere live in a flat provided by the owner of the bar, which means they do not have a lot of autonomy,” Yu says, adding that their bosses want these more vulnerable girls to work as much as possible."
