I’ve been wondering for a while—what’s the deal with college students who do papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan)?
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Why did they decide to try it?
Even when I look at their profiles, there doesn’t seem to be any particularly serious reason. I just think, “My own daughter doesn’t cost me that much.” Compared with my friends’ daughters, student PJ girls also seem to have gotten experience with men rather early...
I’m a 40-something guy who feels a little put off every time their profiles are posted.
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> I’m a man in my 40s who feels a little put off every time their profiles are posted.
I think you should quit Universe. If you stopped papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) altogether, you probably wouldn’t have to feel that way.
I think you should wait until you’ve gained a better understanding of various things before doing papa-katsu.
> I thought, “My own daughter doesn’t cost that much money, though…”
I think you’re the only one who sees it that way. But if you’re giving your daughter around ¥500,000 a month, then I suppose she wouldn’t need to spend that much herself.
That reminds me of a story about a woman from a wealthy family who married an ordinary man. Her husband said, “Lunch cost me ¥1,500 today. It was expensive.”
And she apparently replied, “You can eat lunch for just ¥1,500?”
It made me wonder whether women like that have nothing to do with papa-katsu, since their parents can provide them with as much money as they need.
So, I think most women do papa-katsu because they need money. I find it more puzzling that you’re looking for some other reason.
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Maybe it’s because their friends are doing it, they think it’s an easy way to make money, they want designer bags or wallets, they want to spend money on their looks, or they’ve lost their cabaret club, nightlife, or sex-industry jobs because of COVID.
Once you start, it really becomes a trap that’s hard to escape, doesn’t it?
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SNS probably has a big influence.
I think some women get into papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) because they see that, instead of working a full day at a part-time job to earn around ¥10,000, they can get more than ¥10,000 just for having a meal with an older man.
Liberal arts students in particular have a lot of free time.
Because of COVID, they can’t get regular shifts at their part-time jobs, their clubs and societies are practically dead, and they can’t see their friends either…
I don’t think there’s any correlation between women who do papa-katsu and how early they had their first sexual experience. Quite a few women don’t lose their virginity until after they enter university.
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Reading the question reminded me of Fujii Kaze’s song “Nan-Nan” (“What Is This?”), haha. There’s even a video on his YouTube channel called “What Is ‘Nan-Nan’?” I love that matryoshka-doll effect. Sorry, totally off topic.
Isn’t the reason people do papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) basically “What is this?”—and not something limited to college students? “I sleep with a foul-mouthed, balding old man because I want full-body hair removal and braces.” Like, what is this? It’s not just a college-student thing.
People who simply want money would probably go into the adult-entertainment industry. I think people who do papa-katsu are a bit more complicated than that. That’s probably why it sounds so ridiculous when you try to put things like their “motivation for doing papa-katsu” into words.
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I suppose I realized pretty early on that my femininity and youth could be assets. My family background probably had something to do with it, too.
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