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Originally Posted by Berzin
I am going to have to conclude that the previous posts use of "statistics" was a bogus stunt used to bolster his/her argument. I am calling your bluff. Show me where you got your stats. Not to say I don't agree with most of the opinions I read. I am just saying that you went overboard and are generalizing and stereotyping. And you are using stats that I am almost certain you never read. Go ahead and say "you don't live here". I know, so tell me how to get my hands on those stats.
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An article written in Rolling Stone magazine highlighting female sex tourism in Jamaica and another one from Vanity Fair magazine on the western coast of Africa and the boom in sex tourism between male africans and western european white women.
These articles had pictures of the women posing with their boyfriends and the stories were told from both sides.
What I said were not statistics per se, as there is no way anyone can obtain firm numbers on actual sex tourism. I never claimed I had concrete numbers and never quoted numbers. These were generalizations made by the writers of these two articles.
Now if you need to read those articles because you don't believe a word I say do the research yourself at your local public library. The information is there, go look for it.[/QUOTE]
Just like my lovely President. Just say "research shows" and assume people will believe you. I shouldn't have to do any further research because you said you had the stats. Of course you can't obtain firm numbers on sex tourism...and comparing the behaviors of Jamaicans and Africans to Dominicans just doesn't work. All people of African origin aren't the same. I just wanted to read your excuse for citing research in your post. "Just go to your local public library." is a device I also use for my students when they ask me a question for which I don't know the answer.
Bottom line is that SOME hotel workers are up to no good and SOME white women from the west on vacation are looking for some interracial excitement. It happens SOMETIMES. That does not shock or interest me a great deal. What interests me is why would some women who had their heart broken spend so much time venting over past dating mistakes under the guise of "helping others"? Did it hurt that bad? Didn't some of you realize that it may not be a smart long term decision? Its kind of like having a thread where people talk about getting fat after eating ice cream 3 times a day for a month. Get over it. Its the healthy thing to do.
In the US we have no shortage of relationship experts in pop culture (Oprah, Dr. Phil, Cristina etc.etc.) It hasn't stopped our divorce rate from staying around 50 percent (a real stat). People are going to do what they are going to do. Especially when they are lonely. So, call a spade a spade. Just admit you were hurt and move on.