Comments by "Winston Smith" (@kryts27) on "Why Many Japanese Women Work in Prostitution" video.

  1. This is a bit tainted by a concept called Judeo-Christianity, even though Nobita-san is Japanese, where the main religions are Shinto and Buddhism, which are usually more liberal about sexuality. Prostitution is largely an economic factor, where if you look in the majority of countries, women are treated more as second-class citizens and earn less money. Obviously this is the case in Japan. Yet, the daily economic burden is harder on women than men as often they have to raise their children, which requires both extra time and money. Faced with this economic impasse, women may make a decision to engage in prostitution (where the hourly rate is much higher than any blue collar job), or become destitute and their children also. The trade-off is risk of STI and unwanted pregnancy. However, using prophylactics (such as condoms) can reduce this risk.
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  2. Nobita-san is also a bit bound up by bourgeois morality, or the concept of romance, so in this way, men and women have to often interact non-sexually and respect one another (like friends would). Actually, in marriages this is seldom the case, certainly never all the time. Because of the quasi-feudal and materialistic nature of marriage (it has an air of small business about it), men and women struggle to like each other, (as my friend put it) "due to collapsing social space". Often that social space becomes tense and unfriendly (or worse), so men leave it when they can and seek a social space where they can express their sexuality (with the opposite sex often), with no strings attached except an exchange of money, hence prostitution flourishes. At the same time they can have their "mother" figure at home that raises their children and cleans and cooks (this is a traditional view of family that I personally don't subscribe to. Women have the right, in my opinion, for a career and can opt out of motherhood if they want to). Enough women will have children within the nation-state (again a nineteenth century concept I think is becoming anachronistic), that will allow for natural growth or can be augmented by immigration.
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