К вопросу об образах жизни, перемене цивилизаций и культур, и сюда же про возвращение к основам (и #порно 2.0 и «первая древнейшая 2.0» тоже здесь): “The women who pour drinks in Japan’s sleek gentlemen’s clubs were once shunned because their duties were considered immodest: lavishing adoring (albeit nonsexual) attention on men for a hefty fee. Skip to next paragraph Multimedia Women Look to Hostessing in RecessionSlide Show Women Look to Hostessing in Recession Enlarge This Image Yuli Weeks for The New York Times The hostess Mineri Hayashi at Club Celux in Tokyo. More Photos » But with that line of work, called hostessing, among the most lucrative jobs available to women and with the country neck-deep in a recession, hostess positions are increasingly coveted, and hostesses themselves are gaining respectability and even acclaim. Japan’s worst recession since World War II is changing mores. “More women from a diversity of backgrounds are looking for hostess work,” said Kentaro Miura, who helps manage seven clubs in Kabuki-cho, Tokyo’s glittering red-light district. “There is less resistance to becoming a hostess. In fact, it’s seen as a glamorous job.” - × × ×