03-31-2016, 05:05 AM
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Originally posted by HiloPuna
"What caught my eye was the $890 bill from the Honolulu hostess bar. I have no idea what one gets for that kind of money."
Not much. A few hours of drinks, food, and conversation for 4 guys with hostess's drinking their watered beverage of choice. No prostitution, just 4 guys "living large", local style.
You guys may need to get out more. Dinner, wine, and tip for 4 at any high level restaurant in Seattle, LA, or HNL is going to cost more than $800. Ive spent that much at Huggos in Kona... it's what things cost when your entertainment for the evening consists of a fancy dinner, expensive drinks/ wine, in a nice place.
Korean bars don't serve fine food and wines, instead they offer a hostess to sit and talk with each guest. Don't see what's hard to understand about that, but again, I've traveled throughout Asia on business' and know how commonplace this system is.
Johns hire prostitutes for all sorts of behaviors from flirting and leg rubbing to all types of wild sex. Once you begin by paying for that behavior via very high priced drinks at a Korean bar you have engaged in prostitution. The $50 drinks are a way of getting around the law and not paying the girl directly.
There are other very serious issues with people who engage in prostitution such as supporting human trafficking(Korean girls are trafficked and lured with false promises of honest work then their passports are held as they are forced to pay off a large debt to the trafficker). Another issue with those who solicit prostitution is the objectification of women, a behavior usually associated with men of very low character and discernment.