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According to the Tibetan government in exile, prostitution as an industry was virtually non-existent before the Chinese occupation of Tibet. According to the Tibetan Women's Association: "In the past, in Tibet there were no brothels". Tibetan lawyer Lobsang Sangay recognizes the existence of prostitution before the arrival of the Chinese, but he says that the phenomenon was minimal compared to its current extent. According to the British writer Christopher Hale, due to the practice of polyandry, many women were unable to find a husband and moved to villages and towns, where they fell into prostitution. Their clients came from the caravans crossing the Tibetan plateau, and also from the monasteries. Since the 1980s, prostitution in the People's Republic of China, though officially illegal, has been growing again. According to the French sociologist and religious historian Frédéric Lenoir, the traditional commercial quarter of Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, now contains karaoke bars, gambling houses and brothels. The number of brothels in Lhasa in 2008 has been estimated at more than 300. The establishments are located on the island of Jamalinka and in the Zhol Village near the Potala Palace. In 2003, French documentary-maker Marie Louville visited Tibet in secret and filmed the documentary: ''The Sidewalks of Lhassa'' which described the practice of prostitution in Lhasa. However, traveling in the Tibet Autonomous Region in September–October 2004, French poet Jean Dif said of Lhasa, "There are said to be more than 4,000 prostitutes in the city, but I saw none". There are reports of prostitution outside the capital Lhasa, with Michael Kodas describing its practice at the Tibetan Everest Base Camp in his book ''High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed'' (2008). == History == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prostitution in Tibet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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