priscillaxmn (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} priscillaxmn) wrote,@ 2005-12-04 19:37:00 |
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indonesian men need small condoms
So we basically are living in a huge red light district. During the day it seems like just any other old neighborhood, actually pretty chill. But yesterday was nuts. We were told ahead of time that Saturday was a very busy night here & that the more popular sex workers can service over 10 clients in just one day. But it's another thing to see the swarms of men with my own eyes. Guys on motorbikes everywhere, cars with 3 or 4 guys coming in together, taxis driving in clients. It costs 1000 rp just to get in the gates of the 'hood & these guys were definitely here to visit the prostitutes.
In a lot of ways, having the women together in one place is safer than having them walk the streets. The people know each other, help each other. There's the medical clinic close by and the women can wait for customers in front of their own homes. But it's still so crazy to see all the guys that flood the place.
We passed out condoms & HIV/AIDS info to the men, & I hope that at least some of them used them. A lot of the women told us that most of the men don't like using condoms & feel like that since they're paying, they want to get the "full sensation." Some get angry when the women try to insist on it. Sometimes the guys will hit them or go to a different woman. I don't get it. If you were going to have sex with a prostitute, wouldn't you be *more* likely to use a condom???
So we basically are living in a huge red light district. During the day it seems like just any other old neighborhood, actually pretty chill. But yesterday was nuts. We were told ahead of time that Saturday was a very busy night here & that the more popular sex workers can service over 10 clients in just one day. But it's another thing to see the swarms of men with my own eyes. Guys on motorbikes everywhere, cars with 3 or 4 guys coming in together, taxis driving in clients. It costs 1000 rp just to get in the gates of the 'hood & these guys were definitely here to visit the prostitutes.
In a lot of ways, having the women together in one place is safer than having them walk the streets. The people know each other, help each other. There's the medical clinic close by and the women can wait for customers in front of their own homes. But it's still so crazy to see all the guys that flood the place.
We passed out condoms & HIV/AIDS info to the men, & I hope that at least some of them used them. A lot of the women told us that most of the men don't like using condoms & feel like that since they're paying, they want to get the "full sensation." Some get angry when the women try to insist on it. Sometimes the guys will hit them or go to a different woman. I don't get it. If you were going to have sex with a prostitute, wouldn't you be *more* likely to use a condom???
