we went to a maid cafe today in akihabra. the premise is that otaku pay to be cared for by maids. some of the group had a problem with this, but honeslty, at least this is one instance where feminized care work, which is almost universally "unpaid" work "outside" the "real" economy, is actually recongized as productive wage labor that is an essential part of the "real" money economy. ...you know, along the lines that a full-time stay-at-home housewife produces work that is worth about $134,000 a year...
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