U.S. wars and bases created sex industries across Okinawa, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Evidence
In Okinawa, prostitution was legal through the end of the U.S. occupation in 1972. Within three months of the start of the Korean War, Okinawan authorities created the Yaejima Approved Prostitution Zone, and by 1969, 7,400 womenâabout 2 percent of all Okinawan females between ten and sixty years oldâwere involved in prostitution around the bases. Meanwhile, the U.S. war in Vietnam helped transform Thailandâs Pattaya Beach into one of the worldâs largest red-light districts. It was a favored spot for R&R, or, as some called it, I&Iâintoxication and intercourse. When the military withdrew from South Vietnam, it left behind an estimated seven hundred thousand sex workers. â David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military BasesâŠ, 487
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- QUESTION: Interested in comparing the Yamajima zone to other âapprovedâ prostitution zones.
Related
- Host states competed to supply sex workers for GI trade (similarity 0.86)
- Commercial sex zones have developed around U.S. bases worldwide. (similarity 0.82)
- Sex trade districts with uniform character develop outside U.S. bases worldwide (similarity 0.80)
- U.S. colonial rule seeded the Philippinesâ massive sex industry (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Commercial sex zones have developed around U.S. bases worldwide.
#expands(0.90) â David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military BasesâŠ, 478 - The Philippine sex industry grew directly from U.S. military colonization in 1898
#exemplifies(0.85) â David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military BasesâŠ, 525 - Wars in Korea and Vietnam drove repeated expansions of the overseas base network
#expands(0.60) â David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military BasesâŠ, 97 - Sexually objectifying base entertainment links to epidemic of military sexual assault
#expands(0.50) - Perry established the first U.S. military base in Okinawa in the 1850s.
#expands(0.50) â David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military BasesâŠ, 65