Re: Cuban Women: 1959-1989-2000

[Julio Pino <jpino@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One piece of evidence on the Cuban gov.'s attitude towards sex tourism
today is
discussed in the "Sex and Revolution" book I alluded to in a previous post.
In 1989, pre-Berlin Wall Fall, "Playboy" magazine ran a spread on "The
Girls of Cuba". In typical PB fashion it showed mulattas(that's the word,
Lou, not mulattos as you wrote)romping around the beach nude and semi-nude.
The magazine was not sold in Cuba, except at government-run hotels. The
whole point of allowing PB into Cuba was to give foreigners a glimpse of
these tropical beauties (a la Godfather II). That's also the purpose of the
Tropicana nightclub mulattas show(yes, that's what its called), in 1959 and
in 2000.
Julio Cesar



Julio Cesar

>I think Cuban socialism faces a dilemma on this question. Creating Nevada
>style brothels would represent a step backward. I suspect that if the Cuban
>economy continues to recover, then fewer women will be willing to sell
>their body. This is just one of those things, like defecting athletes, that
>reflect a poor relationship of forces economically and socially. The goal
>is not to cave in to the status quo but to change it.
>
>
>Louis Proyect
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