Does the series aim to normalize male prostitution in Thailand?

Hello: I would like to open a space for reflection and controversy about one of the aspects that we have seen in "Deep Night: The Series", especially from episode 3 onwards.

Does 'Deep Night show us another form of male prostitution? Does the series aim to normalize male prostitution in Thailand? And at the same time hide, disguise prostitution in the fact that the prostitute is not paid in cash, but through alcoholic beverages that result in profits for the establishment, but that the "hosts" will undoubtedly benefit from some? shape?
Coming from Thailand it would not surprise me, because if the BL series from that country try to give the image that homosexuals do not have any problems in that country, that it is a paradise of gay freedom, when in truth they are discriminated against and it is common harassment against members of the LGBT+ community and, although homosexuality is legal, homosexual relations or marriage between people of the same sex are not legal.
Philippine cinema has produced films such as 'Soon of Macho Dancer', 2021, by multi-award-winning filmmaker Joel C. Lamangan, as well as 'Macho Dancer', 1988; 'Midnight Dancers' (1994), 'Burlesk king' (1999), 'Twilight Dancers' (2006), all of the latter directed by the late Mel Chionglo, and others, interested in exploring the world of dancers who pose in clothes light and even naked, for the homosexual clientele of the Filipino establishments.
The Thai film 'Doi Boy', by director Nontawat Numbenchapol, also shows prostitutes, but there they serve as a social denunciation, to show the harsh reality of a country, while in 'Deep Night', is their presence to "normalize prostitution?" "?
What is the Thai series after? Show us how Thai rentboys are auctioned off in nightclubs, under the permissive gaze of society, like sex workers in Filipino movies? Are the "hosts of the Deep Night Club sex workers, even if they only participate as mere companions or escorts? Who says that these, because they often do not have sex with the client, with whom they pay and buy, are not prostitutes?
Perhaps many will overlook this "detail" and will even be happy that it was Khemthis Akkh who paid the most for Wela (there was not even a bid between several competitors, only he intervened)... but, ultimately, it cannot be denying what was stated in the third episode is pure prostitution. If it weren't the protagonist of the series who "hit the jackpot", Wela would have to go spend the night with someone else, who will be the winner, like any prostitute. If he had not won the auction, Khemthis would have to suffer like Seiji's lover suffers because he has to accompany the girl who paid the most for him.
As Wela told Khemthis, his is a job… like any other. 

I couldn't include these ideas in the review I wrote for the series, since I already exceeded the character limit allowed by MDL.

 angeliviki2022:

I was curious about this as well. But I think there are several types of hosts club in Thailand. Some, like Deep Night, seem to offer more companionship, flirting, drinking but not sex services. At least not from what we've seen through episode 3. Here's what I read on different types of clubs, and yes, some have sex workers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs 

 ariel alba:

Prostitution is the practice or business of engaging in sexual activities with other people in exchange for money or other economic benefits (sometimes called, not uncontroversially, “sex work”). The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity that requires physical contact (e.g., intercourse, nonpenetrative sex, oral sex, etc.) with the client. It is evident that the series shows clients who pay (in cash or with drinks or other benefits, for that matter it is the same) to have sexual activity with guys who lend themselves to this. The boy in love with Seiji is upset when he saw him with the woman who won the auction by giving more drinks for him than the other competitors. This gives us the signal. Prostitution occurs in many different forms. Even the mere fact of, for money or other benefits, serving as a companion or escorts is considered prostitution, even if it does not involve sex.

Here, check this short about the biggest host in Japan

Here! I will find the interview later

Hello. What I didn't like is the fear of calling things by their name. The "hosts" prostitute themselves as a way to solve economic problems, just as both men and women have been prostituted, prostituted and will prostitute themselves throughout the world and throughout history, but the series is not critical about it and hides it.