>“He asked me, ‘How are you going to pay me back?’ and when I said I didn’t know, he said, ‘Go abroad for sex work,’” Yu said.
>“I didn’t want to. But he said it was the only way and that I could make 8 million yen (about $53,000) a month.”

It sucks that you she was taken for a ride, but a man in that situation does not have a way out. He can't make over a half-million/yr on his back. It's hard to feel that bad for someone whose situation highlights her privilege.

>“He asked me, ‘How are you going to pay me back?’ and when I said I didn’t know, he said, ‘Go abroad for sex work,’” Yu said.
>“I didn’t want to. But he said it was the only way and that I could make 8 million yen (about $53,000) a month.”

A man in this situation does not have a way out. He can't make over a half-million/yr on his back.