Metoo Movement: Business Clients and Businessmen Flock

metoo movement: Call it bonding over vice, according to The Japan Times. It's a culture that sits uneasily with the MeToo movement that has swept across Europe and the U.S. In parts of Asia, corporate men continue to openly drink with colleagues or business clients at venues where female escorts are paid to consume alcohol, sing karaoke and often illegally perform sexual favors, according to interviews with men and women, including Regina Yuan, who works at a Shanghai-based startup. ; For 27-year-old Yuan, her job entails entertaining clients from out of town often for several evenings in a row sometimes drinking with them while picking up the bill, and shouldering most of the burden for her own safety. As dusk falls, businessmen flock to karaoke and hostess clubs to close deals and build relationships in the liquor-lubricated intimacy of young women. She said the roster of clients who visit such clubs includes prestigious Chinese investment banks, insurance and finance companies and, increasingly, venture capital funds. Pretty much going to hostess clubs is like a tourist destination when our clients and investors come to town. You just have to think of yourself as a man, Yuan said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.