tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post7499236226179185799..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: The Conscripted ProstitutesPoetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-60282628240723957602014-02-09T04:13:18.010+00:002014-02-09T04:13:18.010+00:00Legalised brothels that dotted the towns of northe...Legalised brothels that dotted the towns of northern France. They housed professional prostitutes who worked under the discipline of a madame and were subject to regular medical inspections. By 1917, there were at least 137 such establishments spread across 35 towns. One snap-shot study, carried out by British medical officers in Le Havre, suggests it was a vast number. They counted 171,000 visitors to the brothels in just one street in this port town in 1915 alone. The British High Command insisted that they should be kept ‘in bounds’ for most of the war.<br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2054914/Sex-Somme-Officially-sanctioned-WWI-brothels-line.html<br /><br /><br />ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com