And so they attract women like light and insects. Their intricate massaging styles make even high- class women to dodge their husbands for an evening with an off-duty salon man.
All women will make their hair for one reason or another. And it is not a cheap venture.
The wealthy do it more often and become more attached to salon workers while the struggling ones feel compelled to initiate a friendship with salon workers.
The salon men who are clever at understanding and making judgements about romance start giving their prey free treats, credit facilities and an extra touch for free or relaxed discounts.
Many women in such arrangements end up in a trap. A number of women have a tendency of getting closer to their salon men than to their husbands. Some salon men are experts in showing extra-ordinary care, love and understanding throughout the time a women stays with them in a salon. They know how to be smart, crack funny jokes, build their muscles and constitute themselves into what women consider attractive. The rest is obvious.
“If women love us, it is not a function of our scheming. We try to be attractive, need stature, fame and recognition to attract customers.
We give women praise, tenderness and time for the express purpose of customers, money and survival. We do not do it to seduce women,” says a 24-year old salonist who refused to be named.
“It could be the care, love and understanding shown to customers in a salon that arouses the curiosity in them which may eventually develop into interest,” he says.
A female student, Cissie said that she needs a warm, soft and smooth touch when a man is working on her hair.