Asian Angle | Japan’s child sex tourism warning is long overdue
Japan’s embassy in Laos and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs have issued a rare and unusual…
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https://www.alojapan.com/1337381/asian-angle-japans-child-sex-tourism-warning-is-long-overdue/
Young Japanese women standing idly around a park in Tokyo’s west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists.Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women lining Okubo Park are evidence that sex tourism has developed as a dark flipside to the bustling Kabukicho nightlife district.There is no official data but anecdotal evidence suggests that increasing numbers of foreign men are flocking to the area after seeing videos on social media.One of the women said that the area near Kabukicho, where Godzilla rumbles and belches
Young Japanese women standing idly around a park in Tokyo’s west suggest that a giant statue of Godzilla is not the only attraction for a record number of foreign tourists.Their faces lit by the cold glow of their phones, the women lining Okubo Park are evidence that sex tourism has developed as a dark flipside to the bustling Kabukicho nightlife district.There is no official data but anecdotal evidence suggests that increasing numbers of foreign men are flocking to the area after seeing videos on social media.One of the women said that the area near Kabukicho, where Godzilla rumbles and belches
My friend & one of my first #filmmaking mentors here(Victoria) was Jordan. He's married to one of my Filipino friend's cousins & is a solid human being. Jordan saved me from being scammed & manipulated by shady people in film industry here. He used to loan me gear for free to help support me when I was still in the film industry.
Bangkok Girl is a #DocumentaryFilm that was both produced and directed by Jordan Clark. It's a #LowBudgetFilm, having cost $10,000 to produce, and takes #SexTourism in #Bangkok as its subject.
Bangkok Girl is 43 minutes long and focuses on Pla (full name: Sirirat Rapsithorn), a #bargirl who is 19 years old and who guides Clark through the city. The #DocFilm explores Pla's background and how she came to be where she is. Pla began working as a bargirl at the age of 13, and, while she had managed to avoid being forced into #prostitution up until the point that the documentary was filmed, the film suggests that she will eventually be forcibly prostituted.
In November 2005, the film aired on "The Lens", a program on Canada's #CBC Television. Sweden's #SverigesTelevision also aired the film.
Watch it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bfYhAgzOHdM
More info:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok_Girl
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Bangkok Girl DocumentaryBangkok Girl is a documentary film that was both produced and directed by Jordan Clark.[ It is a low-budget film, having cost $10,000...
Sex tourism is big business in the Philippines. But the consequences are long-term. Foreign men – including from Australia and New Zealand – are estimated to have fathered tens of thousands of children to local sex workers. Now, a trailblazing Australian-led project, is using DNA samples from these children to track down their sex-tourist fathers and demand child support.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-08/dna-helps-children-track-down-sex-tourist-fathers/104069808
Another (less fascinating, but still interesting) #longread on #travel through #TheGambia:
“Notes On The Gambia” [2023], Matt Lakeman (https://mattlakeman.org/2023/07/10/notes-on-the-gambia/).
#Tourism #Africa #Gambia #Senegal #Senegambia #Bumsters #SexTourism #Monkeys #WestAfrica
New #OpenAccess Study:
Male Sex Workers as Situational Entrepreneurs: Exploring the Demographics, Motivations, and Practices of Male Sex Workers in the Tourism Industry in Botswana
#Sexwork #Botswana #SexTourism #decriminalization
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13607804241235806
Cring.
"The movement has been widely likened to #sextourism. Not to mention, the legal age to consent in other countries can be as young as 13. Plus, a lot of #PassportBros have been caught on camera being mad disrespectful to natives."
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