[X-Post from r/documentaries] The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief, describes a host club in Osaka. The male hosts and their female customers are interviewed, and through the interviews we learn about the nature of hosts clubs and why the customers are coming there.

HumanSockPuppet · 2011-05-23T08:06:43+00:00

Fascinating - thanks for the link.

I've read about host and hostess clubs - an entire business model founded on selling emotional placation to the emotionally maladjusted - but I had never seen the inside of one before now. Truly, there is no boundary that the free-market won't cross in the pursuit of profit.

I never imagined, however, that hostesses might actually spend their own money on host clubs. You would think that, working in the industry themselves, the women would be too aware of the superficiality to ever really be duped into becoming patrons.

Perhaps this just goes to show you the powerful emotional need that many women have for the techniques we employ through pick-up artistry. Much in the same way that you still feel sexual desire even when you know your partner can't conceive (e.g. birth control), even cognitive awareness of what is going on is insufficient to affect one's evolved need.

eversonic · 2011-05-21T01:10:26+00:00

Hey, thought seddit might get a kick out of this documentary. I'm quite interested in your perspectives therein...

maxormis · 2011-05-21T11:02:51+00:00

There's also one about ladybars in Thailand which I found quite funny

2011-05-21T20:01:53+00:00

These guys are emotional prostitutes. And just like regular whores probably could teach us a thing or two about sex, these guys could perhaps teach us a few things about playing with emotions. But that doesn't mean being a whore is something to aspire to.

TofuTofu · 2011-05-21T01:39:37+00:00

I've seen this already. It's basically about Japanese PUAs preying on lonely, desperate women. Not really applicable to what we discuss here, but it's an interesting watch nonetheless.

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