The boyfriend pillow now has a mate of sorts: the even creepier Hizamakura Lap Pillow, which resembles just the bottom half of a kneeling woman.
Mitsuo Takahashi, who works for Hizamakura makers Trane KK says:

"Single men find this soothing...From the time people were kids, people have laid their heads on their mothers' laps to get their ears cleaned, This is made to be quite close to the real thing."