Base-abroad conditions drive high rates of sexual assault and sex trafficking

Evidence

Unlike firefighters, when bases abroad look for things to do, the consequences extend far beyond potential waste and inefficiency. In many ways, instead of providing security, overseas bases are often helping to make the world a more dangerous place. In South Korea, for example, military leaders are planning for troops’ housing needs a decade or more in advance, with seemingly no thought that the Korean conflict might end and make these bases unnecessary. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1060 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Overseas basing worsens sexual assault and fuels trafficking (similarity 0.92)
• Commercial sex zones have developed around U.S. bases worldwide. (similarity 0.83)
• Military bases foster the specific conditions that enable rape across human societies (similarity 0.82)
• The harms of base-area prostitution reach troops’ families back home (similarity 0.82)
• One in three servicewomen is sexually assaulted, with base-abroad overrepresentation (similarity 0.81)
• Military service raises the likelihood of sexual offending while lowering other crime rates (similarity 0.81)
• Sexually objectifying base entertainment links to epidemic of military sexual assault (similarity 0.81)
• The social costs of military prostitution spread to families and communities beyond the bases (similarity 0.81)
• US military bases abroad routinely avoid environmental standards mandated by US law (similarity 0.79)
• Judgments about overseas base security value rest on prior beliefs, not evidence (similarity 0.79)
• Overseas bases cause environmental damage, crime, displacement, and colonial relations (similarity 0.79)
• Troop impunity and power abroad produce crimes that traumatize entire host populations (similarity 0.79)
• Camptown sexual exploitation normalized in training drives later military sexual violence (similarity 0.79)
• US overseas bases make war more likely by easing military action (similarity 0.79)
• Base infrastructure that outlives its purpose actively creates insecurity (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Overseas bases can increase global danger rather than security #expands (0.75) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1060