The social costs of military prostitution spread to families and communities beyond the bases

Evidence

Ultimately, the effects of military prostitution are felt not just by women abroad whose bodies are used and too often abused, trafficked, and exploited. They’re also felt by the family members, co-workers, and others who share the troops’ lives. Unlike the Las Vegas fantasy, what goes on in the camptowns doesn’t stay in the camptowns. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 551

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• XREF: Directly echoes the argument that base harms ripple outward to civilian populations, consistent with the book’s broader thesis about bases harming the world.