Make love, not war?

[Pembroke_Corgi]

I still don't see what the US military has to do with this. Most of those articles cited NYC, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles in the US. Those are urban hubs, and have little if anything to do with the military.

So hundreds and thousands of people in one area does not increase demand? Demand for food, entertainment, and for some sex. I will quote some of the articles I have linked to as well as some others if you are unable to see the connection between the articles I posted and the military. To reiterate, I am not suggesting that US military bases are the ONLY places where this occurs. I am also not saying that the military in any way, shape, or form finds this acceptable. However, there is a huge correlation between the proximity of US military bases and centers of prostitution.

Quoted from United Nations Report:

"The Role of the Military in Creating Demand
7. HRA has identified the military’s role in perpetuating the problem of trafficking. (See E/CN.4/2002/NGO/43 and E/CN.4/2003/NGO/40). Patronization of brothels and sex clubs by military personnel has contributed not only to a demand for prostitution but to the demand for trafficked women.
8. A Korean congressional report estimates that the majority of women in the sex industry are prostitutes around U.S. military bases.6 Although prostitution is against South Korean law and patronizing prostitutes is prohibited by U.S. military regulation, the brothels near the bases have long been an open secret. There are reports that more than 3000 Filipina women were being recruited as sex workers to service American troops stationed in Mindanao and South Korean military bases.7 There are also large numbers of women from Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Moldova. These women served as replacements for Korean women who felt they could get better tips working in clubs for Korean customers. The Korean government provided special “entertainment visas” (E-6) for these women. Among the 4,735 foreign female
workers holding E-6 visas, 4,234 were working at bars, clubs and hotels, as well as clubs reserved exclusively for U.S. servicemen. 8
9. The “war on terrorism” is likely to fuel the trafficking of women and girls. President Bush’s declaration that the Philippines is America’s “second front” in the war against terrorism means an increase in US troops, and an increase in the sale of Filipinas. It is reported that since the deployment of US troops to the Philippines in February 2002, sex trafficking of Filipinas has increased to 600%. During the first Gulf War, there were reports of “rest and recreation”
ships, each with 50 Filipinas for the use of US troops who could not enter Islamic countries."

Quoted from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, Testimony of Janice G. Raymond, Ph.D. before the Subcommittee on human rights, House of Representatives:

"What are the factors promoting sex trafficking in different parts of the globe...Military presence which generates sex industries in many parts of the world that are tolerated by governments, including our own, as rest and recreation venues for the troops;"

Quoted from Youth Advocate Program International (page 6):

"Children who live near military bases. Prostitution has always thrived near military bases. Because of the high demand, children near the bases are more vulnerable to this flourishing business. Women and children have been trafficked from other countries to meet the demands of military personnel."

From another source in Youth Advocate Program International :

"Military bases, historically breeding grounds for prostitution due to the presence of large numbers of men separated from their families and not living in normal societal conditions, continue to play host to sex trade businesses of adults and children."

Quoted from Peace News :
"A military presence has a massively disproportionate impact on the local economy, and in particular on the economic opportunities open to poor women. The economics are simple: in countries devastated by waror in countries of the south such as the Philippines, where 70% of the population live below the poverty line prostitution offers women an opportunity to earn a living: womens bodies become a commodity. At the height of the US presence in the Philippines, for example, more than 60,000 women and children were employed in bars, night clubs and massage parlours around the Subic Bay and Clark Naval bases alone. Estimates of the total numbers of Filipina women and girls engaged in prostitution and other sex-based industries range between 300,000 and 600,000.
But militarised prostitution is not merely a simple transaction between a woman and her client. It can and does involve bars and brothel owners, local and internationalpolice, mayors and public health officials, organised crime and national and foreign government departments. All have an interest in the provision of sexual services to the military. Figures produced by the US in 1981 claimed that presence of their bases contributed around $170 million into the Philippine economy in that year alone2. The R&R (Rest and Relaxation) Agreements agreed by the US and, respectively, the Japanese, Philippine and South Korean governments both sanctioned and created militarised prostitution; less explicitly, SOFA (Status of Forces Agreements) can do much the same. At no point are women themselves involved in the process of creating this industry, nor are their protests heardabout the conditions they work in, the enforced vaginal examinations they are subject to, or the violence perpetrated on them by their military clients."

Quoted from Znet:


"Military bases are notorious for their contribution to prostitution, child prostitution, and the spread of HIV/AIDS. In countries where prostitution is illegal, women are counted as “special job workers” and are categorically denied protection against abuse both by their customer and their boss.
At the U.S. Udon Air Force Base in Thailand, the number of “special job workers” increased from 1246 in 1966 to 6234 in 1972 during the Vietnam War. In 1991, a U.S. Navy convoy returning from the Gulf War with seven thousand soldiers made a stop at the Thai beach resort town of Pattaya. The men aboard were prepped on how to use a condom and the convoy was greeted with banners that proclaimed, “Welcome U.S. navy to the Red Parrot Sexy Life Show.”
Military base prostitution has led to the devastating spread of HIV among prostitutes. Today, sex workers are still blamed for the spread of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections while little or no attention is given to the military’s role."

I will stop here, but there are many, many more sources which link military occupation to an increase in prostitution.

[Lady's Human]

It is reported that since the deployment of US troops to the Philippines in February 2002, sex trafficking of Filipinas has increased to 600%.

To say this is an inflated figure would be an understatement, as the total deployment of US troops to the Philippines was a spec ops contingent of 600 troops. Either they're some REALLY busy troops (Highly unlikely, as spec ops troops, despite the movie image, are mostly in very stable relationships) or someone is massaging the figures just a tad.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

To say this is an inflated figure would be an understatement, as the total deployment of US troops to the Philippines was a spec ops contingent of 600 troops. Either they're some REALLY busy troops (Highly unlikely, as spec ops troops, despite the movie image, are mostly in very stable relationships) or someone is massaging the figures just a tad.

Well, ok, you don't agree, that's fine. I've honestly spent enough time researching this when I could have been doing something else. I think my sources support my claims, while I notice you don't have any.

[Lady's Human]

PC, I've just spent 20 years of my life as a part of the US military. I have seen what goes on, and have also seen constant inflated claims against the "abuses" of the US Military. Funny how most of those claims disappear into thin air when the US says "okay, we'll remove the troops from your areas".