Talk:German military brothels in World War II

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Patrick Buisson

I have some concerns with the following sentence

"Patrick Buisson pointed out, that under german occupation France was undergoing a sexual revolution. Because of their well trained bodies and better hygiene the German soldiers were very attractive to the french women."

This part of the article is very POV. Who is Patrick Buisson? It is not directly relevant to the brothels. I do understand it may have some relevance to sexual diseases. However, as I understand it the problem of diseases which the creation of regulated brothels sought to control was the soldiers using unregulated prostitutes not them having sex with French civilians. I think this should be removed as it unbalances the article at present. I could see it added in if the article was to expand significantly and a new section on the sexual background to the whole situation was added. Polargeo (talk) 07:27, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not POV, it's relevant fact and true to the source. The source is absolutely reputable. Patrick Buisson ist relevant for the question of sexual intercourse between soldiers and French inhabitants and also the spreading of diseases. The diseases in turn led to the idea of controlled prostitution.

During the Poland Campaign there were no such brothels. The idea to set up these brothels came up in the course of the Battle of France. That's why Buisson is relevant. There was an extensive sexual contact between German soldiers and French women, also prostituion on occasion. For many women being supported by German soldiers became a question of survival. Diseases spread. From there on contact was regulated. The OKW didn't want to suppress sexual desires of their soldiers. The reason to establish the brothel was the idea to practice a health control. The original idea was not to exploit women, but prevent diseases.

Further Reading: Insa Meinen, "Wehrmacht und Prostitution im besetzten Frankreich", Bremen 2002

But that's according to France. The situation in Eastern Europe was a little different. Women often had to be recruited. We have to differ between France and Eastern Europe. -- 82.76.59.131 (talk) 17:09, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]