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The term mama-san or mamasan refers to a woman who works in a supervisory role in certain sex work related establishments in East Asia, typically bars in countries such as Thailand or the Phillippines.
To at least some extent this can be considered the local equivalent of a pimp or madam, although the conventions of bar fine prostitution in Asia are quite different from those of either street or brothel prostitution in the United States.
The analogous term papasan can be used to refer to a man in a similar supervisory role, such as is often found in massage parlors in Thailand. It can also refer to a style of chair.
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