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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

I Can't Even Come up with a Good Title For This

Reuters reports that "Older, White Women Are Amongst Kenya's New Sex Tourists". The headline pretty much says it all, but in short:
* Kenya is full of strapping, young (black) men.
* Older (white) women from nations like England go there to get some.
* These women often buy their young lovers gifts, but most do not explicitly pay, ahem, for service.
* Locals on the scene "estimate" that 20% of single female travelers aren't just there for the pina coladas and the sun.
* The Kenyan government is trying to discourage the practice as being a bit sketchy.
* Reuters asks if this is prostitution or preying on poverty--perhaps not in the same way that many Western old men go to nations like Thailand and Cambodia for sex with young girls and boys, but something in that same ballpark.
* Reuters also asks if this is just a liberating experience for women who may not be able to find these "opportunities" in their home countries.
* Reuters also keeps using the term "black market," which makes OneElf giggle in Accounting class.

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