While everyone focuses on the Charlie Kirk story, this deserves at least equal attention: the U.S. military, in collusion with the South Korean government, maintained during decades a system where tens of thousands of women were forced into sexual servitude for U.S. soldiers, many of whom were minors.
This isn't speculation: the South Korean supreme court ruled in 2022 that the government had illegally operated these brothels, in a way where the women were subjected to debt bondage and unable to leave. In fact, as per the New York Times (https://t.co/8fSZFWWwng), "all the women [in this system] were held in debt bondage," so they were all, effectively, sex slaves.
The scale of it was so insane that the economy around these brothels (bars, etc.) was estimated to make up about 25% of South Korea's GDP during the 1960s and 70s (https://t.co/ACboV0Jy86).
Sordid detail: if one of these women developed a STD, she would be placed into quarantine facilities that US soldiers referred to as "Monkey Houses," (pictured below ๐) because of the screams of women demanding to be let out (https://t.co/tsIRpeCgTC). The women also had to wear numbered badges or tags, like commodity products.
More than 100 of these women have now filed a landmark lawsuit against the U.S. military to hold it accountable as โthe real culpritโ in that state-sponsored sex trade.
The women however, under agreements between the US and South Korea, cannot sue the U.S. military directly - only their own government. So, perversely, even if the court finds the U.S. military was "the real culprit" in this system of sexual slavery, it's South Korean taxpayers who will have to pay for that.
@UsingLyft@thedimitri That's y you call them whores and differentiate them from "avg women" and try to make "women's sexuality" depraved when you're just evil and you know it. Lies come so quickly for you. Try working on yourself instead of deflecting onto women
@AlanLevinovitz I get the sentiment but disagree. Even artists and priests are recognized as needing $$ & doing labor. Caregiving is not considered labor bc women do it, not bc it's sacred
Its a luxury belief to not recognize relationships include labor, bc women primarily bear that burden
@wight1984@LinkofSunshine You're making up situations that don't exist bc your position is dumb. There is no obligation
We are talking about religious clothing/garments
No - religious stupidity and extreme beliefs should not be tolerated in society under the guise of freedom. Religion needs restriction
@wight1984@LinkofSunshine No it is not. Racism and sexism are not acceptable and society has an interest in destroying those beliefs to ensure the freedom and well-being of citizens
They are not an acceptable part of a civilized society
@wight1984@LinkofSunshine Bizarre statement that is not a requirement
People can dress comfortably. But religious modesty is the idea women are responsible for men being sexually attracted to them & any actions men take due to how you dress - that is evil, should not be promoted
@dyingscribe The fiction of women being inferior & subservient to men is not polite. Women being expected to absorb male harassment as a compliment & "nature" is not polite. Its beneficial to men, not society, it is an impolite imposition put upon women
@dyingscribe There were never any polite fictions, that's y you're trying to use the issue to bully women back into the impolite imposition.
This is largely a US problem bc we hate the vulnerable & value selfishness more than community, same with how we treat the homeless