Sex Tourism in the Caribbean

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the sex trade in Jamaica and compares it to Cuba. It describes the history of the trade and the factors that influence it. The paper examines the socioeconomic factors that contribute to the trade, as well as the rise of men in the trade of prostitution. It also look into the participation of tourists in the demand for this service. Finally, the paper researches the conditions in which the women work and live, which women work within the strip clubs and brothels, the accompanying use of drugs, their health-care (specifically as to HIV and STD testing) and their chances of being arrested for their work choice.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Research Questions
Background
Literature Review
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The work of Kempadoo (2004) strives toward illumination of the inner working of the sex trade in the Caribbean as related to gender, sexuality, race and work and the economics of the sex industry. According to Kempadoo (2004) generally prostitution is viewed as violence toward women however Kempadoo challenges this accepted view holding that sex for money can be oppressive but in the lives of the women in the Caribbean it may also be a provider of a form of freedom. In the work "Global Sex Workers" the various authors use the term 'sex workers' very deliberately. The view held is that criminalization of prostitution is that it results in hurting the workers themselves instead of protecting them. The authors look at prostitution from an angle that looks at the deeper morals that exist within the inner-workings of the economics of prostitution and introduces the reader to the voice of the sex workers themselves. This work provides a candid view in the reality of prostitution in the Caribbean."

Sample of Sources Used:

• HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean: Issues and Options (2000) A Background Report- Human Development Sector Management Unit Caribbean Group For Cooperation in Economic Development (CGCED) June 2000.
• The State of Human Trafficking in the Caribbean (2006) Kingston (Panos) Tourisme Sexuel dans la Caraibe (2006) The New West Indian. March 2006. Online available at: http://www.awigp.com/default.asp?numcat=sextour.
• Covenant House, "Trafficking in Children in Latin America and the Caribbean," July 2004, http://www.casa-alianza.org.
• UN Report Raps Government for Child Rights Abuses," Gleaner, 17 June 2003.
• End Child Prostitution, Pornography, and Trafficking (ECPAT) International Online Database, 30 March 2004, http://www.ecpat.net.

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