Prostitution rose because conscription uprooted families and abandoned women

Evidence

Over the centuries, militaries have attempted to solve their constant labor needs in a variety of ways. After providing troops with cash, food, and housing, plying them with easy access to commercial sex has been one of the most popular strategies. That troops generally have had to pay for this readily available sex has only benefited militaries further: as working-class men burn through their pay (and, not infrequently, go into debt), their dependence on a military salary helps keep them enlisted. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 545 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Militaries use paid access to sex to deepen troops’ dependence on military salaries — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 545; The welfare state grew out of military appeasement efforts; Poverty and abandonment, not choice, drive most women into prostitution — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1660 (+1 more)

Related

• Providing paid commercial sex keeps troops financially dependent and enlisted (similarity 0.82)
• Militaries use paid access to sex to deepen troops’ dependence on military salaries (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Militaries use paid access to sex to deepen troops’ dependence on military salaries #corroborates (0.50) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 545
• The welfare state grew out of military appeasement efforts #expands (0.40)