Sunday, August 11, 2013

Week 3 Response: Denise Brennan, “Selling Sex for Visas: Sex Tourism as a Stepping-stone to International Migration”


This article talks about the opportunity women had to escape their country by marrying travelers from European countries.
It talks about the sex trade in the Dominican Republic helping woman to move up the ladder and have a shot at a better life. It gives them an opportunity to travel to Europe and give healthier environment to their children in case of single mothers. Marrying these men would get them visas for that country. Women benefit from men, and it could be said that they are using men for visas. All these women are selling sex, for their own advantage. It is sex trade but they are not doing it forcefully but with their own consent. The possible reason why they are doing this could be because of the men in Dominican Republic are not good. Some women are single mothers and need the extra cash. Some have been cheated on. Some just want to travel to a new country.

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