Do so many Asian women become prostitutes because of their culture?
I saw many prostitutes while I was stationed in South Korea. It is a fact of life in many Korean cities. And South Korea is not even a poor country. When I came back to the United States, I noticed the exact same thing. There are numerous massage parlors. And they make pennies doing this. The "mammasan" (old, asian lady who owns the brothel/massage parlor) gets most of the money. The prostitutes can make more money being waitresses. In Asian culture, are the women encouraged to become prostitutes? I know it's a patriarchal culture. So are the boys encourage to go to college and become computer engineers while the girls are taught to become sex workers?
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so your question basically asking if women in Asia are encouraged to become whores, the answer is NO
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if half of asian women are prostitutes then why do so many of them own there own nail shops and shoe stores and work multiple jobs at once. Thats a very racist comment you must have gotten your man tooken by a asian women! And if your not a women then you must of had your girl tooke by an asian girl lol! Either way it goes your comment was very rude.
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you should have asked while you were there
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I don't get the special attention asian women get. Prostitution, human trafficking(mafias began in italy), etc has white origins, also partying. They're the worst when it comes to becoming morally evil. ~Sloanfest, I'd look deeper into that study to see if that is confirmed. If it is statistically significant in some way, I have to say that I am quite disgusted by them, bahah.a.
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Based on this article, Asian-American girls have a higher rate of STD than either White women or Asian men. So a high proportion of prostitution may be the reason. http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?de...92&id=52827 QUOTE Over the course the study, Hahm unmasked some myths common about Asian Americans. She said, “There’s a perception that Asian Americans in particular aren’t practicing sexually risky behaviors. But we found that Asian American young women are at risk of high STDs. For instance, Asian American women had a higher prevalence of STDs than White women in both 1995 (10.4% vs. 7.7) and 2001 (13.5% vs. 8.3%). The incidence of STDs (not diagnosed with STDs in 1995, but developed STDs in 2001) among Asian American women was also higher than that of White women." Moreover, the power dynamic between genders became immediately clear. Asian American women were four times more likely to have a STD than their male counterparts. “This was shocking,†said Hahm, “It was so much higher than the males.â€
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Since I'm Asian does that make me one of those many prostitutes? I can't help but be insulted by this question regardless, I want to answer since you said that this was based on your first hand observation. First, you must undertsand that prostitution had been existent since time immemorial. In history, prostitution was once considered an art, think of Cleopatra and Mata Hari. They used their bods to get what they want and they were not Asians. In our culture, the women are NOT encouraged to become prostitutes. Actually, prostitution is DESPISED in Asian countries, but still, prostitution is rampant, and its not about the culture, its SURVIVAL. Even the BIG EIGHT nations has prostitutes. Its become a trade and culture has nothing to do with it. Im a woman and I went to college.
