Brothels were built wherever the German army went.
Fascism always does this.
"Extremely systematic #sextrafficking (for elites, common men, even some prisoners) happened in empires throughout history, but was especially notorious during the Nazi regime. "
https://wehrmachtsbordelle.de/2023/09/12/this-women-thing-that-is-a-pretty-dark-chapter1-german-military-brothels/
"Involuntary Prostitution to the Benefit of Nazi Germany
The abolition of obligational medical examinations and the relocation of responsibilities from the police to the public health department were revoked by the National Socialists. Doing so, their aim was not to abolish prostitution, but rather enable the National Socialist state to harness it.
Brothels and bordello streets housing prostitutes emerged not only in the cities to be frequented by civilians. There were also brothels designated for migrant workers, forced labourers, concentration camp detainees, Todt Organisation workers, members of the German Reichsbahn (i.e. the German State Railroad Company), members of the Gestapo and police, as well as members of the SS and German Wehrmacht.
The idea behind the establishment of brothels for concentration camp detainees was to create a reward system that included a visit to a brothel in order to increase work performance. Aimed at soldiers, however, this type of establishment was considered a necessity by the administration of the Wehrmacht for other reasons. The battle against venereal diseases afflicting the troops led army doctors to conclude:
„Venereal diseases are pretty wide-spread. Their frequent outbreak is fostered by an exceptionally distinctive rate of secret prostitution. By all available means, we have to work towards the containment of venereal diseases in the German Wehrmacht, and that sexual intercourse with medically unvetted females be prevented. The only opportunity to practice auspicious control over prostitution sits with the inhabitants of the brothels.“[4]
It was assumed that the soldiers‘ „Sexualnot“ (paucity of sexual acts) would cause rape of civilian women and undesired homosexual actions in the occupied countries.[5] Making state-controlled brothels available was supposed to prevent that. Furthermore, especially the areas of the Soviet Union were fearfully suspected to make soldiers vulnerable to espionage by so-called „Freie“ (free ones), i.e. prostitutes that were not barracked.[6]
While it remains open to scrutiny whether or not the availability of brothels really had a reducing impact on homosexuality and espionage, the Wehrmacht soon had to admit:
„the „Triebabfuhrtheorie“ (sexual gratification theory), which implies that offering up prostitution to the troops will lead to a decrease in the number of rapes, has failed. Only a very few soldiers who commit sexual attacks are taken to court, and those who are, will sometimes swerve and profess that they thought at the time that the woman was a prostitute. They do not receive punishment.“[7]
What is more, is that the Wehrmacht detected a change in the soldiers‘ attitude towards women, which, seeing as this included German women as well, was cause to concern with regard to the soldiers‘ suitability for family life.[8]
According to critical voices within the leadership of the Wehrmacht, running brothels would not only serve to satisfy pre-existing needs, but would also cause them in men who otherwise would never enter a brothel. The huge crowds the German military brothels had to manage were seen as the result of a snowball system that would never have come into existence had the brothels never been made available to begin with:
As a military doctor states at the time, the disadvantages of brothels are the overall repulsive mass processing, and the fact that large numbers of young soldiers and those, who would hardly engage in this otherwise, are taken along by comrades and practically coerced into have intercourse with prostitutes, and he goes on to complain that all these evident disadvantages are in no way compensated by the existing means of exerting control.[9]
Despite this, the brothels were not closed down. The ‚Standardbordell für Besatzungszwecke“ (standard brothel for occupying purposes) continued to be erected and maintained within the operational area of the Wehrmacht (e.g. in France, Poland, Greece, Italy, Belgium, and the entire Sovjet Union). Oftentimes, the Wehrmacht established brothels in houses they had formerly seized from Jewish people[10], or they took control over pre-existing brothels."
#NordicModelNow #PornCulture #AbolishProstitution #MaleSexualDepravity #MaleSexualPolitics #AbolishProstitution #NotSexNotWork #RadicalFeminism #RadFem #MarxistFeminism #Feminist #MaleSexualViolence #MVAWG #Misogyny #SmashPatriarchy #WomanHate
Fascism always does this.
"Extremely systematic #sextrafficking (for elites, common men, even some prisoners) happened in empires throughout history, but was especially notorious during the Nazi regime. "
https://wehrmachtsbordelle.de/2023/09/12/this-women-thing-that-is-a-pretty-dark-chapter1-german-military-brothels/
"Involuntary Prostitution to the Benefit of Nazi Germany
The abolition of obligational medical examinations and the relocation of responsibilities from the police to the public health department were revoked by the National Socialists. Doing so, their aim was not to abolish prostitution, but rather enable the National Socialist state to harness it.
Brothels and bordello streets housing prostitutes emerged not only in the cities to be frequented by civilians. There were also brothels designated for migrant workers, forced labourers, concentration camp detainees, Todt Organisation workers, members of the German Reichsbahn (i.e. the German State Railroad Company), members of the Gestapo and police, as well as members of the SS and German Wehrmacht.
The idea behind the establishment of brothels for concentration camp detainees was to create a reward system that included a visit to a brothel in order to increase work performance. Aimed at soldiers, however, this type of establishment was considered a necessity by the administration of the Wehrmacht for other reasons. The battle against venereal diseases afflicting the troops led army doctors to conclude:
„Venereal diseases are pretty wide-spread. Their frequent outbreak is fostered by an exceptionally distinctive rate of secret prostitution. By all available means, we have to work towards the containment of venereal diseases in the German Wehrmacht, and that sexual intercourse with medically unvetted females be prevented. The only opportunity to practice auspicious control over prostitution sits with the inhabitants of the brothels.“[4]
It was assumed that the soldiers‘ „Sexualnot“ (paucity of sexual acts) would cause rape of civilian women and undesired homosexual actions in the occupied countries.[5] Making state-controlled brothels available was supposed to prevent that. Furthermore, especially the areas of the Soviet Union were fearfully suspected to make soldiers vulnerable to espionage by so-called „Freie“ (free ones), i.e. prostitutes that were not barracked.[6]
While it remains open to scrutiny whether or not the availability of brothels really had a reducing impact on homosexuality and espionage, the Wehrmacht soon had to admit:
„the „Triebabfuhrtheorie“ (sexual gratification theory), which implies that offering up prostitution to the troops will lead to a decrease in the number of rapes, has failed. Only a very few soldiers who commit sexual attacks are taken to court, and those who are, will sometimes swerve and profess that they thought at the time that the woman was a prostitute. They do not receive punishment.“[7]
What is more, is that the Wehrmacht detected a change in the soldiers‘ attitude towards women, which, seeing as this included German women as well, was cause to concern with regard to the soldiers‘ suitability for family life.[8]
According to critical voices within the leadership of the Wehrmacht, running brothels would not only serve to satisfy pre-existing needs, but would also cause them in men who otherwise would never enter a brothel. The huge crowds the German military brothels had to manage were seen as the result of a snowball system that would never have come into existence had the brothels never been made available to begin with:
As a military doctor states at the time, the disadvantages of brothels are the overall repulsive mass processing, and the fact that large numbers of young soldiers and those, who would hardly engage in this otherwise, are taken along by comrades and practically coerced into have intercourse with prostitutes, and he goes on to complain that all these evident disadvantages are in no way compensated by the existing means of exerting control.[9]
Despite this, the brothels were not closed down. The ‚Standardbordell für Besatzungszwecke“ (standard brothel for occupying purposes) continued to be erected and maintained within the operational area of the Wehrmacht (e.g. in France, Poland, Greece, Italy, Belgium, and the entire Sovjet Union). Oftentimes, the Wehrmacht established brothels in houses they had formerly seized from Jewish people[10], or they took control over pre-existing brothels."
#NordicModelNow #PornCulture #AbolishProstitution #MaleSexualDepravity #MaleSexualPolitics #AbolishProstitution #NotSexNotWork #RadicalFeminism #RadFem #MarxistFeminism #Feminist #MaleSexualViolence #MVAWG #Misogyny #SmashPatriarchy #WomanHate