BTW, that piece below was discovered at this page by Psywarrior.com’s SGM Herb Friedman on venereal disease propoganda. Its section on Korea was quite interesting; aside from the selection’s from Katharine H.S. Moon’s Sex among Allies: Military Prostitution in U.S./Korea Relations, it’s got great pictures like this:
Street billboard in Korea advising top ten sources (night clubs) for VD
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Thanks for that. I had heard of such signs from old-timers here. Interesting.
I like this one best:
Then, there was the soldier who came in with a penis swollen about twice its normal size. His only request? “Can they cure the disease but leave the swelling?”
what are the chances of not catching VD in a night club called Street Girl? i would say pretty low.
and, number 7 on the list is actually a bar called Seven? maybe it had another name but changed it to cash in on the marketing value of being seventh.
“Sure our place is fun enough that guys sometimes pick up something a little extra, but it’s not as bad as,let’s say, Street Girl. We’re Seven.”
Yeah, I couldn’t help noticing that, too…
7 SEVEN
You can’t make this stuff up, folks.
What is that picture, say, about 20-30 years old? All these places are still fully operational in Dongducheon, and several of them bear the same name as then. That tan cinder block building in the background is the pedestrian gate house.
I think signs like these would be much more effective in the current USFK war on prostitution than an arbitrary off-limits list and curfew.
Out of curiousity, does anyone have the stats on VD in Korea in general? My Korean teachers say that VD is NOT a problem in Korea, but given the prostitution rate, I find that really difficult to believe…..
Maybe it’s called Seven because when you go there your head ends up in a box.
VD is not a big problem in Korea because the public health system is terrific. A Korean with a drippy weiner is able to get it treated promptly, confidentially, at very low cost. There are urology clinics just about everywhere here, though, so there must be demand.
Maybe it’s called Seven because when you go there your head ends up in a box.
Dude…that was the SEVENTH post.
“Out of curiousity, does anyone have the stats on VD in Korea in general?”
I also am wondering the same thing… last time I went, people seemed to think it was ok to not use a condom. Are condoms easy to find and would I get snickers if I were to buy a pack at the local Lotte Mart?
With all the very dangerous STDs out there, I say give me an old-fashioned girl any day: One with Gonorrhea.
nerdieboy: http://www.boingboing.net/2006.....brack.html
You can get condoms at pretty much any pharmacy and large-chain convenience store nowadays. I’ve bought them at LG Mart before, and not gotten any snickers or stares (well… no more than usual, me being a foreigner and all.)
Even despite the low incidence of condom usage, as well as the large number of cheap VD clinics, considering that doctors seem to give a broad-spectrum antibiotic shot for just about everything, most VDs probably don’t get a whole lot of chance to take root. Of course,antibiotics won’t stop pubic lice, genital warts, AIDS, or herpes, but as far as I’ve heard, none of those have become a huge problem yet (or they’re just underreported). Sometimes, living in a highly isolated culture has its benefits.
is there a word for it when you comment on one website and then another person links to a second site where you have another post, but they didn’t realize what they were doing? sort of like a snake biting its own tail, but not really, but internet-ed-ly?
’cause that just happened to me.
It’s definitely my mission this summer to get some brack people condoms.
http://glenbae.livejournal.com/40001.html
Makes me wonder what the Korean or Japanese version of lubricant might be?
Also, is the following true:
“If you are not a Korean national and become HIV positive in Korea you shall be deported, have no support network, and will be denied medications, even while waiting for deportation. Also, hospitals test non-Koreans for HIV without patients’ consent or knowledge.”
Yes, it is.
Yup, that’s been true since the mid-80s. I’ve been tested for HIV at least 5 times i know of, probably many more, and never with prior consent sought. It’d be a real bitch if they got a false-positive… Fotunately, they seem to be quite careful about it.
That brings back memories. Yes, that sign was real and present during the time I was in Korea, 1980-83.
Also, at that time, the hostesses (in Tongduchon) wore numbers, so that those who did get a an infection could easily identify their partner, e.g., number 9 at the Giant Club.
Those were wilder days when you didn’t have to have a battle buddy and drinking was considered an acceptable hobby for a soldier (smoking was also allowed and common). While many posts didn’t have a sign, statistics were available on which clubs were hot spots for getting a dose from the local medical clinics.