Sad but true

The Sex Trafficking blog takes a brief historical look at prostitution in late 20th and early 21st century Cambodia.

As I mentioned before, the communist regime in the 1970’s and the following government control in Cambodia kept prostitution to a low during its rule (although the rule did have a LOT of other flaws making life very difficult for the average Cambodian).

That’s an interesting way to frame it, no? You say genocide; I say effective prostitution control!

Snark aside, the post goes on to lay much of the blame for Cambodia’s prostitution problems at the feet of UNTAC, blame for which UNTAC is no doubt deserving. But in doing so ST also appears to buy into the relatively common myth that prostitution in Cambodia was uniquely an UNTAC creation, and that in the pre-war years prostitution simply did not exist. That’s just not true.