Inside a Japanese-style host club in Singapore, where men offer a 'boyfriend' experience

Host clubs, where all-male staff members serve a mostly female clientele who pay for drinks and companionship, provide the “boyfriend-girlfriend” experience. Sociologist Ma Xiangyu from NTU said that if host club businesses are indeed thriving, then they are “clearly meeting some kind of market demand”. The assistant professor noted the precedents for such clubs in East Asian countries, and that Singapore is already “used to nightclubs, KTVs and beer ladies in kopitiams”. “To varying extents, we understand, tolerate and accept the appeal and implications of these businesses,” he said.

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