How thorough are the identity checks during interviews with women? Isn’t verifying their “occupation” rather vague? There are far too many sex workers.

I’m Saito, the columnist♪ I agree with the person who asked the question. If anything, it sometimes seems like sex workers are the ones being lured in to take advantage of the easy money. However, most women keep that side of their lives hidden, so it’s difficult to probe any further. And since a health insurance card only provides information about social insurance, I think you can really only verify whether she has a so-called daytime job. I can almost hear the questioner saying, “That’s why you should dig deeper during the interview and find out.” But it’s difficult to see through someone in an interview lasting only about an hour. This is Saito, who even struggles with ordinary interviews for new graduates. Would the current best countermeasure be to ask the staff for advice when making an offer, and thereby reduce the chances of this happening? Still, from a woman’s perspective, it may seem strange to say, “I don’t want her working in the adult entertainment industry with unspecified numbers of men, but it’s fine if she’s meeting various men through papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan).” Women are even more calculating than we are, aren’t they…