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China Moves Toward Ban on Japanese-Style ‘Maid Cafés’ (www.sixthtone.com)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (19 children)

It's not just Japanese Maid Cafes that are a little crazy that way. Now I'm guessing Hooters doesn't do much business in China either.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (18 children)

are these cafes quite degrading to women?

Short answer: usually

Long answer: they cater to customers with a maid fetish. It is possible that some staff do not mind, or even enjoy, working there. It is possible that a maid cafe might put clear boundaries, and protect its staff. But in the real world, most of the time, yes it is quite degrading.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

I went to one like 17 years ago or so when it had first opened in my area, and it was basically just a subpar restaurant where the waitresses were wearing maid costumes. None of the shit you might see in an anime.

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