think_too_mut Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 From The Sydney Morning Herald (taken from The Guardian): (I should have changed my tag line for this occassion) Sex tourism as economic aid July 12 2003 Middle-aged women jetting into Jamaica for sex don't see themselves as using prostitutes, writes Julie Bindel. Two flights are due into Montego Bay Airport, one from Toronto, the other from London. Clinton waits on the beach for the new arrivals, hoping that one of them will bring him good fortune. "I look for the milk bottles," he says, explaining how ultra-white skin is a giveaway, "the ones who've just arrived. Milk bottles that need filling ..." Negril, with its 11-kilometre stretch of pristine sand and turquoise sea, attracts the majority of Jamaica's 1.3 million tourists every year, primarily from the United States, Canada and Europe. It is known as a "swinging" resort. Many white Western women come to Negril for precisely that. Clinton is one of hundreds of young men working the beach and, like most of the "beach boys", he is desperately poor. His primary income comes from accompanying lone female travellers who want sex with Jamaican men. He lives with his family in a shack with no electricity or running water. In contrast, the hotels and apartments that line the beach are luxurious, with rooms costing $US200 ($300) a night. While some beach boys may be content to have their meals paid for, the goal is marriage to a Westerner and a ticket out of poverty. Clinton has a "regular girlfriend", a 45-year-old Canadian professional who comes to see him four times a year. "She's a good friend and she looks after me. Sends me money when I can't pay my rent." Clinton says he works "in the tourist industry" and won't admit he is a beach boy. "If I take a tourist out, and she wants to help me out as a friend, give me money and let me stay with her in the hotel, what's wrong with that? Of course I have sex with them, but that's because I'm not gay - I like women." Clinton's current "girlfriend" is a 50-year-old grandmother from the US, whom he met the day before. Negril, like some resorts in the Dominican Republic and Cuba, is known as a place where white middle-aged women come in search of what they call the "big bamboo". British researchers Jacqueline Sanchez Taylor and Julia O'Connell Davidson found that the usual analysis of sex tourism did not allow for the possibility of women as buyers of sex, because "prostitute-users are, by definition, male, and this assumption is shared by many researchers and theorists". The two researchers interviewed 240 women holidaying in Negril and two similar resorts in the Dominican Republic. Almost a third of the interviewees had engaged in sexual relationships with local men during their holiday. Though 60 per cent admitted to certain "economic elements" to their liaisons, they did not perceive the encounters as prostitute-client transactions, nor did they view their sexual partners as prostitutes. Those who admit to coming to Negril for sex believe they are helping the men and the local economy by giving them money and gifts. HIV and AIDS figures reflect the fact that condom use by the beach boys is sporadic. In the tourist areas, the number of those infected is higher than elsewhere on the island. Last year, an estimated 20,000 adults and children out of a population of 2.6 million were living with AIDS or HIV - a figure that had more than doubled in two years. Ms Sanchez Taylor and Ms O'Connell Davidson suggest that the reason many female tourists are able to delude themselves into believing they are not prostitute users lies in their racialised power over the men: "Racist ideas about black men being hypersexual and unable to control their sexuality enable them to explain to themselves why such young and desirable men would be eager for sex with older and/or overweight women, without having to think that their partners are interested in them only for economic reasons." The Guardian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falang Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Do they have a board like this one? Maybe they call that board NegrilPlaza! :hubba: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 i am very uncomfortable with sex tourism itself, but even more with female sextourism as it has shown to directly lead to sexual violence against women. some time ago i was in nepal, another of those destinations for western women. while being in the mountains we met that american girl who was harrased by her trecking guide. she was in tears when we met her after she was in the wilderness with that bloke for days, depending on him, and had to help her to get rid of that guide. she just went to the wrong trecking agency, who like many there are specialised in female treckers. i can't imagine how frightening that must be for a woman. there are actually more than a few studies on the net who compare sextourism of any kind with an underlying racism. food for thought and selfexamination... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJsushi Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 You ever watch Eddie Murphy "Raw" where he talks about "Dexter" from the carribean with his big penis hanging over his shoulder, talking to American women on the beach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soongmak Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 They made a hollywood movie about this too: How Stella got her groove back. How she got it back? By getting laid with a young Jamaican stud. Just imagine making a movie with a male lead getting it on with a thai lady. Impossible. How that movie got financed is beyond me. European ladies go to other countries like Turkey and another popular sex holiday destination for women is Gambia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carew66 Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 Fly, Interesting point re. Nepal. I'be been in and out of that Kingdom for the last 10 years and only recently became aware of what you point out vis-a-vis women tourists. Then again, I am a bit thick. Myself and a (Nepali) friend used to take the piss out of the young gap year girlies getting down and ethnic with the Thamel yobboes. He told me that they play the game very much like the Jamaican guys in the original post but with much more subtlety. Fuck knows if they ever made any money out of it though. Those girls would live on daal baht for 6 months and drink iodinised water, anything to save money. Also evident that they saved the money on razor blades. Armpits like they had ZZ Top in a headlock... Ke garne eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brink15 Posted July 12, 2003 Report Share Posted July 12, 2003 That may explain why Thailand isn't on this Farang ladies list. Not too many Asian men in Jamaica. I remember the Thai owner of a Koh Phi Phi dive shop was asked why he didn't hit on the female farang guests. His response was that he didn't like farang pussy. He said it would be like putting a pool cue in the ocean, no feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Jack Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 LOL . A few beers to the wise I misread the first bit of the article first time round.... Thought it said... "Negril, with his 11-kilometre stretch of penis, attracts the majority of Jamaica's 1.3 million tourists every year, primarily from the United States, Canada and Europe..." Bloody hell, I thought. And quite rightly so . jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 >>>the young gap year girlies getting down and ethnic with the Thamel yobboes. <<< i have had no idea about that as well before that incident sparked a discussion with my translator. trecking seems to be the game... appearantly there are more than a few trecking agencies specialised in female 'treckers'. the translator told me that about 30% of western females coming to their agency asking for guides were wanting a bit more than that. he said that it's a bit funny when 2 western women come in and ask for two young guides, one for each. they were not really condoning that sort of thing so they made sure that they paired those girls then with some extremely shy and traditional guides where there would be no chance of anything happening, LOL. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanemay Posted July 13, 2003 Report Share Posted July 13, 2003 "...there are actually more than a few studies on the net who compare sextourism of any kind with an underlying racism. food for thought and selfexamination... " Naturally I was transfixed with terror! This is all too close to home. I threw aside my laptop and rushed into the other room where my Carribbean girlfriend is lying on my bed. "Sweetheart, I saw on the internet that I'm with you because I'm a racist and you're with me for...uhh...'economic reasons.' " "Mon...when does the money start?" "It's only been three years. Don't rush me, okay!" * * * * * Lighten up guys! Jeez...do you ever have any fun? Zane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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