Sex tourism in Kenya, usually the province of white men preying on children, is seeing a new wrinkle, as older women are picking up gigolos during "sex vacations." As the Reuters story relates, the sex trade already is a problem with child abuse, and the spread of venereal diseases. Now, the health officials will have to pay attention to the older women coming back to their respective countries, especially after details come to light that they are eschewing condom use. There are also the racist and paternalistic undertones to this practice that have been noticed by academics:
"This is what is sold to tourists by tourism companies -- a kind of return to a colonial past, where white women are served, serviced, and pampered by black minions," said Nottinghan University's [Julia] Davidson.
Definitely an unsavory trend, but not illegal, which just makes it something else for officials, health and police, to monitor.
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