By Julie Bindel. The men are invariably from impoverished families, have little or no education and are sometimes illiterate. According to the beach boys, there is little shame or stigma in selling sex to older white female tourists, and some claim earning money this way affirms their masculinity photo from the film Paradise Love. Most of the women are white, middle-aged or older and come from Europe and North America. They travel alone or with female friends and often have a history of unhappy relationships with men at home.
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Thanks for contacting us. We've received your submission. They pay me good money because they like a body like mine. Poverty stricken, Candy lives in a small room with her baby boy in a house she shares with her brother, sister and her two children. She pays her way through life with regular customers who fly in from Europe. One week I worked four or five times a day. In fact, according to the International Justice Mission , one in four people offering sex on the street are thought to be children. Journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy traveled to the country to interview some of these young women for the story. After talking with some teenage sex workers he concluded the people who solicit them know they are minors. According to the report, sex tourists, those mostly coming from Europe and North America, are also interested in living out their young boy fantasies and target the poorer children, ones they encounter on the beach selling souvenirs and trinkets.
What is sex tourism?
So where are the top places for sex tourism in the Caribbean? Here are the top four:. The Dominican Republic is seeing a rise in sex tourism, especially female sex tourism. It is estimated that anywhere from to 10, female work in the sex trade in the Dominican Republic, and many cross over from Haiti as well. According to the sex tourism global guide, tourists seeking sex can find it in the following areas in the DR:. The Western Cibao and the North Coast: the second largest city, the highest mountains in the Caribbean, and the popular beaches of the Atlantic Coast. The Enriquillo Valley and the South: the most secluded area of the country, almost untouched by tourism, with a unique scenery and wildlife. Both male and female homosexual activity is legal in the Dominican Republic.
Female sex tourism is sex tourism by women who travel intending to engage in sexual activities with one or more locals, usually male sex workers. Female sex tourists may seek aspects of the sexual relationship not typically shared by male sex tourists, such as perceived romance and intimacy. Female sex tourism occurs in diverse regions of the world. The demographics of female sex tourism vary by destination, but in general female sex tourists are usually classified as women from a developed country, who travel to less developed countries in search of romance or sexual outlets. Some women involved with sex tourism do not use barrier contraceptives during the majority of their visit, leaving them and the men they have sex with unprotected against STIs. There is an ongoing debate on terminology regarding female sex tourism. Pruitt and LaFont argue that the term female sex tourism is not representative of the relationship that female tourists have with local men. They argue that female sex tourism oversimplifies the motives of these women and that romance tourism explains the complex nature of what these women are engaging themselves in while involved in romance tours.