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Excerpts from "Life In A Service Economy"

“In Olongapo and Angeles in the Philippines, where the U.S. Subic Naval Base and Clark Air Force Base were respectively located, "[t]here was virtually no industry except the 'entertainment' business, with approximately 55,000 registered and unregistered prostitutes and a total of registered 2,182 R&R establishments. By 1985 the U.S. military had become the second largest employer in the Philippines, hiring over 40,000 Filipinos. . . . “

Magsaysay Drive, the main red light district, receives 6000 sailors and marines on an average night. The strip is crammed with a total of about 600 go-go bars, massage parlours, short-time hotels and nightclubs.

In this and other parts of the city, an estimated 16,000 prostitutes work. Of these, 5000-6000 are registered hospitality women in a licensed bar or brothel. The remainder are “freelance prostitutes” or streetwalkers. Prostitution is illegal in the Philippines, and local government officials deny any type of prostitution takes place in Olongapo; the women are referred to as “hospitality girls” or “entertainment girls”.

The withdrawal of U.S. naval bases in 1992 also left behind a legacy of approximately 50,000 Amerasian children in the Philippines, with an estimated 25,000 of them living in Olongapo, which had housed the U.S. Subic Naval Base."

Workshop: Lies About Love
Themes: Women Empowerment, Domestic Violence, Partner Abuse, Health, Gender Inequality

When we hear about cases of domestic violence, sometimes called partner abuse, the public is quick to ask the same question: "Why didn't s/he leave?" There are many misconceptions about domestic violence that lead people to unknowingly revictimize the survivors of this ordeal. It is a hidden problem that causes those affected to suffer in silence and isolation within our communities. In an effort to educate college students on how to handle relationships affected by domestic violence, Lies About Love will include a review of typical batterer/victim profiles; the cycles and the nature of domestic violence; the difference between domestic violence and behaviors found in anger management/sustance abuse; local and national resources available; and the lies about love that force those to stay. The workshop will bear witness to the face of domestic violence, and the deconstruction of the ultimate lie about love in order to understand the truth, injustice, and society’s veil of denial around this issue.