![]() ![]() These factors used to lower my self-esteem, but now I hope that my own uncomfortableĪnd miserable experiences can help to fuel the imagination of women running to the union for help. I am imperfect, weak, illogical, inexperienced and not intelligent. I am therefore attending the seminars and workshops of a separate women's group in order to learn how to support traumatized people. This means that consultants also need advice and support from mental health experts. At such times, I strongly feel that I need the ability to think with the victims in order to deal with those emotions appropriately. Perhaps that is why I sometimes feel that I take on the emotions of those who come to me for consultations. ![]() In the nightlife business, (sexual) violence and bullying are common. Support for Workers in the Nightlife Business and Support for the Supporters.At such times, I would come back to reality Sometimes, I even found myself acting "manly" and "boldly" in negotiations with a violent manager. Male colleagues about things I was not sure about, despite the fact that there were also female union members present. In the preliminary meetings, I would often ask my I always asked experienced male union members who were logical in their arguments to participate in my negotiations with male club managers who were like gangsters. Moreover, I was troubled by my own prejudices. Since the establishment of the Kyabakura Union, we have been approached by various members of the media for interviews, but they have tended to represent us as some kind of "freak show." The mass media did not seem to be interested in issues of women's poverty but in "young girls working greedily in the glamorous world of the night." I felt frustrated by their depictions of our members, which were so different from reality. Curiosity-Filled Eyes and My Inner Masculinity.Society would never change if I did not step forward and identify myself, I decided to come out and work openly for the union. Having concealed the fact from my family that I was working in the nightlife business, I initially intended to participate anonymously. Union was first established, there were only two business agents with experience in the nightlife business. For me, the nightlife business was a "safety-net" in my time of crisis. I had earned the money to move to Tokyo by working at a snack bar, and also continued to work in a club in Tokyo. What supported me then was the nightlife business. I suffered a physical and mentalīreakdown. Despite acquiring film-making skills and working as hard as my male colleagues, I only managed to earn a salary that amounted to less than the legal minimum hourly wage. In my early 20s, I left home and came to Tokyo in order to work in the film industry. In this article, I would like to share my thoughts over the past four months since I started to work in collective negotiations for the Kyabakura Union.
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