The maid fetish isn't always an explicit master-servant thing, but at some point you have to ask yourself why maids? Real maid outfits have never been sexual in the slightest. Conservative and practical, really. So why were maids chosen as the subject of fetish if not for the fact that they're subservient to someone?

Maybe that original reason has faded away in some contexts, but the maid outfits worn by maid café workers range from cute to sexy, and they're still there to, at the very.least, be gawked at for being pretty and serving you food. Just in a controlled and safe environment.

I really don't see the two as that different, except perhaps that a Maid Café might be more appealing to a femme and female clientele for the fashion element

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I see them as different because I see a narrow possibility for an interesting form that these restaurants can evolve into. What if it becomes a worker-owner femme establishment? The appeal is to go in and witness femme on their terms? Like a fuckin embassy for femme? Is that anything? If it's not explicitly exploitative and fetish fulfilling can it be a good staple of a city?

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 2 points 2 hours ago

It can be but the same could be said for a worker-owned Hooters